Ozoliarus dedariensis Löcker, 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 : 82-83

Ozoliarus dedariensis Löcker , sp. nov.

( Figs 25A–E, 45K–R)

Type material

Holotype, ♂, AUSTRALIA, WA: Dedari , 40 miles W of Coolgardie, 11.–21.i.1936 ( R. E. Turner) ( BMNH) , Paratypes, AUSTRALIA, WA: 3 ♂, 1 ♀, same data as holotype ( BMNH) .

Etymology Named after Dedari, the type locality.

Colour

Body dark brown, carinae paler; legs light to mid brown; forewing hyaline colourless with indistinct or without brown marks along crossveins, veins mid brown, tubercles concolorous with veins, pterostigma mid brown; abdominal sternites dark brown.

Morphology

Body length: ♂ 4.6–4.9 mm, ♀ 5.0 mm.

Head: Vertex (total length) 1.6–1.8 times longer than wide; basal emargination obtusely angled or rectangular. Postclypeus with evanescent or well­developed median carina. Rostrum reaching or not reaching hind coxae.

Thorax: Hind margin of pronotum obtusely angled or rectangular. Mesonotum with evanescent or well­developed median and lateral carinae and well­developed sublateral carinae. Forewing 3.6 times longer than wide; costa with 5–9 tubercles; 8 apical cells.

Male genitalia: Anal tube as in Figs 45K–M; pygophore and genital styles as in Figs 45Q–R. Aedeagus ( Figs 45N–P): Phallotheca with a long, bifurcated spine (a) dorsolateral; a shorter spine (b) left lateral; a flattened bifurcated spine (c) ventral; a long, flattened bifurcated spine (d) right lateral; a rounded spine (e) right lateral; a short spine (f); and a very short spine (g) dorsal. Flagellum membranous with two sclerotised blades and one sclerotised spine.