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<i>Ozoliarus taroomensis</i> Löcker, adult

Ozoliarus taroomensis Löcker, adult

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Species Ozoliarus taroomensis Löcker, 2006


Compiler and date details

10 September 2010 - Murray J. Fletcher

 

Introduction

This species was grouped by Löcker et al. (2006) with O. umbella Löcker as the "umbella group" on the basis of the following shared features: arrangement of spines on aedeagus, i.e., aedeagus with three spines, a long spine left lateral, a long, s-shaped spine ventral, and a shorter spine right lateral, all spines curved; genital styles apically rounded; forewing with fork of Pcu+A1 distinctly basad of centre of clavus; 9 apical cells; costa without tubercles. A species based on a small number of specimens from the brigalow belt in Queensland.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: phloem feeder.

Extra Ecological Information

Nymph might be phloem feeder or fungivore.

 

Diagnosis

Colour. Body dark brown to black, carinae, clypeus and pronotum paler, frons lateral with an light brown mark; legs mid to dark brown; forewing hyaline colourless with brown marks along crossveins, veins dark brown, tubercles concolorous with veins, pterostigma dark brown; abdominal sternites dark brown. Morphology. Body length: ♂ 6.4–6.9 mm, ♀ 7.9 mm. Head: Vertex (total length) 2.0–2.1 times longer than wide; basal emargination acutely angled or rectangular. Postclypeus with well-developed median carina. Rostrum surpassing hind coxae. Thorax: Hind margin of pronotum obtusely angled. Mesonotum with well-developed carinae. Forewing 3.1 times longer than wide; costa without tubercles; 9 apical cells. Male genitalia: genital styles apically rounded. Aedeagus: Phallotheca with a very long, moderately curved spine left lateral; a long, strongly curved, s-shaped spine ventral; a more robust, apically widening spine right lateral; a large, sheetlike, bifurcated process ventral about midlength; and a very small, triangular, sheetlike process dorsolateral. Flagellum membranous with one or two sclerotised spines apically; and a sclerotised, finger-shaped process near base. (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