The Australian Pentastirini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae)
Löcker, Birgit
Fletcher, Murray J.
Larivière, Marie-Claude
Gurr, Geoff M.
Zootaxa
2006
2006-08-14
1290
1290
1
138
4955H
Locker
Locker
2006
[264,598,603,630]
Insecta
Cixiidae
Oliarus
Animalia
Hemiptera
25
26
Arthropoda
species
lawlerorum
sp. nov.
( Figs 6A–D, 33M–U) Type material Holotype, ♂, AUSTRALIA, NT: Cooper Creek, 11 kmS by W of Nimbuwah Rock, 12.17S 133.20E, 1.xi.1972( T. Weir, T. Angeles) ( MAGD 7413), Paratypes, AUSTRALIA, NT: 1 ♂, same data as holotype, ( MAGD), 1 ♂, Limestone Gorge, 16.02S 130.23E, 23.–26.vi.1986( M. Malipatil) ( MAGD), 1 ♂, Bullita Outstation, 16.07S 130.26E, 21.vii.1969( M. Mendum) ( ANIC), 1 ♂, same data, 23.vii.1969( ANIC), 1 ♂, C.P.R.S., in light trapin Mimosa pigra, 4.x.1985(C. Wilson) ( ASCU), AUSTRALIA, Qld: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Heathlands, 11.45S 142.35E, malaise trap, 25.vii–18.viii.1992(P. Zborowski, J. Cardale) ( ANIC), 1 ♂, same data, 19.viii.–18.ix.1992(P. Zborowski, L. Miller) ( ANIC), 1 ♂, same data, vi.– 25.vii.1992(P. Zborowski, E.S. Nielsen), 2 ♂, Hann River, 15.11S 143.53E, 20.iii.–24.iv.1994( P. Zborowski, G. Turner) ( ANIC), 11 ♂, 4 ♀, 4 kmNE Batavia Downs, 12.39S 142.42E, malaise trap, 24.x.–23.xi.1992(P. Zborowski, A. Calder) ( ANIC), AUSTRALIA, WA: Carsonescarpment, 14.49S 126.49E, 9.–15.viii.1975( I.F.B. Common, M.S. Upton) ( ANIC). Etymology Named in honour of the first author’s friends Cecilia and Darryl Lawler and their family. Colour Body dark brown, carinae and pronotum paler; legs light to mid brown; forewing hyaline colourless with indistinct brown marks along crossveins, veins light brown apically darker, tubercles slightly darker than veins, pterostigma light to mid brown; abdominal sternites mid to dark brown. Morphology Body length: ♂ 4.2–5.9 mm, ♀4.3–5.0 mm. Head: Vertex (total length) 2.0–2.9 times longer than wide; basal emargination acutely angled, rectangular or obtusely angled. Postclypeus with welldeveloped median carina. Rostrum not reaching hind coxae. FIGURE 6. Oliarus lawlerorum: A habitus; B, C, D head. Oliarus acuminatus: E habitus; F, G, H head. Thorax: Hind margin of pronotum obtusely angled or rectangular. Mesonotum with welldeveloped median and lateral carinae and evanescent or welldeveloped sublateral carinae. Forewing 3.3–3.8 times longer than wide; costa without tubercles; 8 apical cells. Male genitalia: Anal tube as in Figs 33M–O; pygophore dorsolaterally on each side without long, outwardly curving, spinelike process as in O. acanthopygophoris, pygophore as in Fig. 33T, genital styles with large (sometimes small) spinelike process directed dorsad as in Figs 33R–U. Aedeagus ( Figs 33P–Q): Phallotheca with a short, moderately curved spine (a) ventrolaterally; a short, moderately curved spine (b) dorsally; and a very reduced sclerotised flap ventrally. Flagellum membranous, unarmed, very small.
1972-11-01
T
Australia
-12.17
Cooper Creek
776
133.2
25
26
MAGD 7413
1
1
holotype
1972-11-01
MAGD
Australia
-12.17
Cooper Creek
776
133.2
25
26
1
1
paratype
1986-06-23
1986-06-26
1986-06-23
MAGD
M. Malipatil
Australia
-16.02
Limestone Gorge
769
130.23
25
26
1
1
paratype
1969-07-21
ANIC
M. Mendum
Australia
-16.07
Bullita Outstation
769
130.26
25
26
1
1
paratype
[689,1115,919,945]
1969-07-23
ANIC
M. Mendum
Australia
-16.07
Bullita Outstation
769
130.26
25
26
1
1
paratype
1985-10-04
ASCU
A.C. Padovan & Wilson
Australia
25
26
1
1
paratype
1992-07-25
1992-08-18
1992-07-25
ANIC
Zborowski & J. Cardale
Australia
-11.45
Qld
777
142.35
Heathlands
25
26
2
1
1
paratype
[371,1193,1039,1065]
1992-08-19
1992-09-18
1992-08-19
ANIC
Zborowski & Miller
Australia
-11.45
Qld
777
142.35
Heathlands
25
26
1
1
paratype
1992-07-25
1992-09-18
1992-08-19
ANIC
Zborowski & Nielsen
Australia
-11.45
Qld
777
142.35
Heathlands
25
26
1
1
paratype
1994-03-20
1994-04-24
1994-03-20
ANIC
P. Zborowski & G. Turner
Australia
-15.11
Hann River
772
143.53
25
26
2
2
paratype
1992-10-24
1992-11-23
1992-10-24
ANIC
Zborowski & A. Calder
Australia
-12.39
4 km NE Batavia Downs
776
142.42
25
26
15
4
11
paratype
1975-08-09
1975-08-15
1975-08-09
ANIC
I. F. B. Common & M. S. Upton
Australia
-14.49
Carson
772
126.49
25
26
1
paratype