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Species Ozoliarus olene Löcker, 2006


Compiler and date details

10 September 2010 - Murray J. Fletcher

 

Introduction

This species has a disjunct distribution between the Northern Territory and Queensland. A specimen from coastal Queensland has been swept from kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L. (Malvaceae). A number of specimens were excluded from the type series by Löcker et.al. (2006) because they showed a variation in the spination of the male genitalia and therefore may constitute a different, although closely related, species. These non-type specimens are from the Northern Territory and northern New South Wales.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NT, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Sturt Plateau (STU), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: phloem feeder.

Extra Ecological Information

Nymph might be phloem feeder or fungivore.

 

Diagnosis

Colour. Body mid, dark brown or black, carinae paler; legs light to mid brown; forewing hyaline colourless with brown marks along crossveins, veins light brown, apically darker, tubercles dark brown (contrasting with veins), pterostigma light to mid brown; abdominal sternites dark brown. Morphology. Body length: ♂ 4.4–5.1 mm, ♀ 5.2–6.6 mm. Head: Vertex (total length) 1.6–2.0 times longer than wide; basal emargination obtusely angled or rectangular. Postclypeus with evanescent median carina. Rostrum reaching or not reaching hind coxae. Thorax: Hind margin of pronotum obtusely angled or rectangular. Mesonotum with absent, evanescent or well-developed median carina, well-developed sublateral carinae and evanescent or well-developed lateral carinae. Forewing 3.3–4.0 times longer than wide; costa with 11–31 tubercles; 7–8 apical cells. Male genitalia: Aedeagus: Phallotheca with a short, almost straight spine; and a moderately curved spine left lateral; a large strongly curved spine with flattened, serrated processes; a very long, flattened spine (d); a very slender spine; a membranous spine; and a very short, dorsal spine. Flagellum partly
sclerotised with 2–3 spines. (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