Species Ozoliarus nourlangiensis Löcker, 2006

Ozoliarus nourlangiensis Löcker, adult

© Copyright Birgit Löcker, Orange Agricultural Institute.

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• Ozoliarus nourlangiensis Löcker, B. in Löcker, B., Fletcher, M.J., Larivière, M.-C. & Gurr, G.M. 2006. The Australian Pentastirini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae). Zootaxa 1290: 1-138 [54].

  Type data:

   Holotype MAGD 7401 ♂ (coll: 17.xi.1972, T. Weir, A. Allwood), Nourlangie Creek, 8 km E of Mt Cahill, Northern Territory [12°52'S 132°47'E].

Introduction

This is one of four species grouped together as the "bullocki group" by Löcker et.al. (2006) based on the following shared features: Arrangement of spines on aedeagus, i.e., aedeagus ventrally below midlength with a hookshaped or straight spine directed ventrad; genital styles irregularly lobed (like leaf margin of certain oak species); forewing with dark tubercles contrasting with brighter coloured veins. The species is only recorded from Nourlangie Creek, near Mt Cahill, Northern Territory.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT: Darwin Coastal (DAC)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: phloem feeder.

Extra Ecological Information

Nymph might be phloem feeder or fungivore.

Diagnosis

Colour. Body mid to dark brown, carinae and pronotum paler; legs mid brown; forewing hyaline colourless without brown marks along crossveins and on various parts of the wing, veins light brown, tubercles dark brown (contrasting with veins), pterostigma mid to dark brown; abdominal sternites mid brown. Morphology. Body length: ♂ 5.4 mm. Head: Vertex (total length) 1.8–2.1 times longer than wide; basal emargination rectangular. Postclypeus with evanescent median carina. Rostrum surpassing hind coxae. Thorax: Hind margin of pronotum obtusely angled. Mesonotum with well-developed carinae. Forewing 3.6–3.8 times longer than wide; costa with 4–14 tubercles; 8 apical cells. Male genitalia: Genital styles irregularly lobed. Aedeagus: Phallotheca with a large hookshaped spine directed ventrad arising ventrally below midlength; a short spine arising ventrally below midlength; a medium sized spine right lateral; a short spine; and a very short spine or ridge dorsal. Flagellum partly sclerotised, with three large, flattened spines. (Löcker et.al. 2006)

ID Keys

Löcker et.al. (2006: 48)

Diagnosis References

Löcker, B., Fletcher, M.J., Larivière, M.-C. & Gurr, G.M. 2006. The Australian Pentastirini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae). Zootaxa 1290: 1-138 [54]

General References

Löcker, B., Fletcher, M.J., Larivière, M.-C. & Gurr, G.M. 2006. The Australian Pentastirini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae). Zootaxa 1290: 1-138 [51]

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