Miclucha incerta (Distant) Löcker & Fletcher & Larivière & Gurr, 2006

Löcker, Birgit, Fletcher, Murray J., Larivière, Marie-Claude & Gurr, Geoff M., 2006, The Australian Pentastirini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae), Zootaxa 1290 (1290), pp. 1-138 : 17-20

Miclucha incerta (Distant) comb. nov.

( Figs 4E–H, 32G–M)

Oliarus lubra Distant, 1907a: 282 .

Oliarus incerta Distant, 1907b: 415 . Remarks

The name Oliarus lubra was preoccupied by Oliarus lubra Kirkaldy 1906 ; therefore Distant (1907b) changed the name of his species to Oliarus incerta .

Oliarus hackeri Muir, 1931: 65 ( Figs 3–4). syn. nov.

Oliarus morobensis Van Stalle, 1989: 174 ( Figs 1–9). syn. nov.

Miclucha morobensis (Van Stalle) , Emeljanov, 2001b: 72.

Type material

Lectotype of Oliarus incerta , here designated, ♀ (examined), AUSTRALIA, Qld : Peak Downs ( BMNH) , Paralectotype, AUSTRALIA, Qld: 1 ♂ or ♀ (abdomen missing) (examined), same data as lectotype ( BMNH) .

Holotype of Oliarus hackeri , ♂ (examined), AUSTRALIA, Qld : Brisbane, 5.viii.1913 (H. Hacker) ( BMNH) , Paratypes, AUSTRALIA, Qld : 5 ♀ (examined), Townsville, ix–xi.1902 (F.P. Dodd) ( BMNH) .

Holotype of Miclucha morobensis , ♂, PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Morobe prov., Bulolo , 20.v.1988 ( IRSNB) ; Paratypes, PAPUA NEW GUINEA: 2 ♂, 1 ♀, same data as holotype ; 1 ♂, same locality, 18.v.1988 ( IRSNB) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Port Moresby, 1–2.iv.1987 (N.D. Penny) ( CAS) ; 3 ♂, 1 ♀, Central Province, Laloki Quarantine Station , 23.vi.1983, “collected from pawpaw trunk and fruits” ( BMNH) ; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, Central Province , Laloki D.P.I., 24.x.1980, “ex L. pomoea”, “batatas” ( BMNH) .

Remarks A lectotype is designated here to give a diagnostic reference for the species.

Other material examined AUSTRALIA: NT (64 ♂, 70 ♀) , Qld (51 ♂, 62 ♀) , SA (1 ♂, 1 ♀), WA (6 ♂, 9 ♀).

Colour

Vertex dark brown to black, carinae paler; face dark brown, frons lateral with a large pale mark, carinae light brown; pronotum light brown or pale yellow; mesonotum dark brown, mid brown between lateral and sublateral carinae; legs light brown to mid brown; forewing hyaline colourless, brown marks along crossveins and on apex of wing, veins mid to dark brown, tubercles indistinct, concolorous with veins; pterostigma mid or dark brown; abdominal sternites light brown.

Morphology

Body length: ♂ 6.9–8.9 mm, ♀ 7.7–8.9 mm.

Head: Vertex (total length) 2.0–2.7 times longer than wide; basal emargination acutely angled or rectangular. Postclypeus with well­developed median carina. Rostrum surpassing hind coxae.

Thorax: Hind margin of pronotum obtusely angled. Mesonotum with evanescent or well­developed carinae. Forewing 3.0–3.2 times longer than wide; costa with 0–12 tubercles; 10 apical cells. Hind leg: tibia with 4 (rarely 3) lateral spines; 5 large and 1 very small apical tooth; 1 st and 2 nd tarsomere with 8 (rarely 7) apical teeth and no platellae.

Male genitalia: Anal tube as in Figs 32G–I; pygophore and genital styles with long, slender, sclerotised, dorsal process as in Figs 32J–K. Aedeagus ( Figs 32L–M): Phallotheca with a long, strongly curved spine (a) left lateral; a long, flattened spine (b); and a long spine (c) ventral; spines (a) and (b) pointing upwards (caudal); spine (c) pointing downwards (cephalad). Flagellum membranous with sclerotised ridge, unarmed.