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<i>Ozoliarus maru</i> Löcker, adult

Ozoliarus maru Löcker, adult

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Species Ozoliarus maru Löcker, 2006


Compiler and date details

9 September 2010 - Murray J. Fletcher

 

Introduction

This is one of seven species grouped together by Löcker et.al. (2006) as the "pitta group" based on the following shared features: the arrangement of spines on the aedeagus, i.e., phallotheca ventrally with a spine with a serrated tip (not present in Oz. golgolensis) and right laterally with an upwards curved (mostly u-shaped) spine. The species is based on a small series of specimens from the extreme NW corner of Victoria and a single male from Loxton, on the Murray River in South Australia.

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

SA, Vic: Riverina (RIV)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: phloem feeder.

Extra Ecological Information

Nymph might be phloem feeder or fungivore.

 

Diagnosis

Colour. Body black, carinae paler, frons lateral with an indistinct light brown mark; legs light to dark brown; forewing hyaline colourless without brown marks along crossveins, veins mid brown, tubercles concolorous with veins, pterostigma mid brown; abdominal sternites dark brown. Morphology. Body length: ♂ 4.1 mm. Head: Vertex (total length) 1.8 times longer than wide; basal emargination rectangular. Postclypeus with evanescent median carina. Rostrum reaching hind coxae. Thorax: Hind margin of pronotum obtusely angled. Mesonotum with well-developed carinae. Forewing 3.7 times longer than wide; costa with 10 tubercles; 8 apical cells. Male genitalia: Aedeagus: Phallotheca with a bifurcated spine right lateral; a bifurcated spine dorsal; a short, flattened, serrated spine; a long, flattened spine ventral; a slender spine right lateral; a strongly curved spine left lateral; and an almost straight spine left lateral at apex. Flagellum membranous with sclerotised blades. (Löcker et.al. 2006)

 

ID Keys

Löcker et.al. (2006: 48)

 

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