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<i>Oliarus tattendi</i> Löcker, adult

Oliarus tattendi Löcker, adult

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Species Oteana tattendi Löcker, 2006


Compiler and date details

8 September 2010 - Murray J. Fletcher

 

Introduction

This species is only known from a narrow coastal strip in the far north of the Northern Territory. Specimens have been swept from Mangifera indica L. (Anacardiaceae), Hymenachne acutigluma Gilliland (Poaceae), Melaleuca (Myrtaceae) and Mimosa pigra L. (Fabaceae).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NT: Darwin Coastal (DAC)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: phloem feeder.

Extra Ecological Information

Nymph might be phloem feeder or fungivore.

 

Diagnosis

Colour. Head light to mid brown, carinae paler; pronotum light brown; mesonotum mid to dark brown, paler between lateral and sublateral carinae; legs light brown; forewing hyaline colourless with brown marks along crossveins, veins light brown, apically darker, tubercles indistinct, concolorous with veins, pterostigma light brown; abdominal sternites light brown. Morphology. Body length: ♂ 6.3–7.6 mm, ♀ 8.3–8.8 mm. Head: Vertex (total length) 1.5–1.9 times longer than wide; basal emargination obtusely angled or rectangular. Postclypeus with well-developed median carina. Rostrum not reaching hind coxae. Thorax: Hind margin of pronotum obtusely angled. Mesonotum with evanescent or well-developed carinae. Forewing 3.0–3.3 times longer than wide; costa with 0–1 tubercles; 9 (rarely 8) apical cells. Male genitalia: Aedeagus: Phallotheca with a long spine; a long spine forking into a strong branch and a slender branch; a short spine; and a slender spine. Flagellum membranous, unarmed. (Löcker et.al. 2006)

 

ID Keys

Löcker et.al. (2006: 92)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
03-Sep-2010 ADDED