Species Oliarus alexanor Kirkaldy, 1906

Oliarus alexanor Kirkaldy, syntype

© Copyright Birgit Löcker, Orange Agricultural Institute.

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• Oliarus alexanor Kirkaldy, G.W. 1906. Leafhoppers and their natural enemies. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 1(9): 271-479 [399].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BPBM sex unknown (coll: viii.1904; abdomen is missing from only known syntype), Cairns, Queensland.

Introduction

Löcker et.al. (2006) placed this species in the genus Oliarus on the basis of the narrow vertex and the chaetotaxy of the hind leg (2 lateral spines on the tibia, 7 apical teeth on the 1st tarsomere, and 5 apical teeth on the 2nd tarsomere). However, since the only known syntype lacks an abdomen, it was not possible to determine the species identify of the specimen so the name Oliarus alexanor was treated as a nomen dubium. The only syntype originated from Cairns in North Queensland so it is possible that the species has been redescribed under another name.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: phloem feeder.

Extra Ecological Information

Nymph might be phloem feeder or fungivore.

Diagnosis

Colour. Body mid brown to dark brown, carinae paler; legs light brown; forewing hyaline colourless with brown marks along crossveins, veins light brown, tubercles and pterostigma mid brown. Morphology. Body length: 5.0 mm (gender unknown since abdomen of specimen is missing). Head: Vertex (total length) 1.8 times longer than wide; basal emargination obtusely angled to rectangular. Postclypeus with well-developed median carina. Thorax: Hind margin of pronotum obtusely angled. Mesonotum with evanescent median carina and well-developed sublateral and lateral carinae. Forewing 3.3 times longer than wide; costa without tubercles; 8 apical cells. Male genitalia: Unknown. (Löcker et.al. 2006)

Diagnosis References

Löcker, B., Fletcher, M.J., Larivière, M.-C. & Gurr, G.M. 2006. The Australian Pentastirini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae). Zootaxa 1290: 1-138 [38]

General References

Löcker, B., Fletcher, M.J., Larivière, M.-C. & Gurr, G.M. 2006. The Australian Pentastirini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae). Zootaxa 1290: 1-138 [38]

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