Species Ozoliarus quercistylus Löcker, 2006

Ozoliarus quercistylus Löcker, adult

© Copyright Birgit Löcker, Orange Agricultural Institute.

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• Ozoliarus quercistylus Löcker, B. in Löcker, B., Fletcher, M.J., Larivière, M.-C. & Gurr, G.M. 2006. The Australian Pentastirini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae). Zootaxa 1290: 1-138 [55].

  Type data:

   Holotype ♂ (coll: 17.v.1983, I.D. Naumann & J.C. Cardale, at light), 8 km SW of Walsh Point, Western Australia [14°37'S 125°48'E].

Introduction

This is one of four species grouped together as the "bullocki group" by Löcker et.al. (2006) based on the following shared features: Arrangement of spines on aedeagus, i.e., aedeagus ventrally below midlength with a hookshaped or straight spine directed ventrad; genital styles irregularly lobed (like leaf margin of certain oak species); forewing with dark tubercles contrasting with brighter coloured veins. The species is widespread around the northern coastline of Australia from Western Australia to Queensland.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Daly Basin (DAB), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: phloem feeder.

Extra Ecological Information

Nymph might be phloem feeder or fungivore.

Diagnosis

Colour. Body mid to dark brown, carinae and pronotum paler; legs light to mid brown; forewing hyaline colourless with brown marks along crossveins and sometimes on various parts of the wing, veins light brown, tubercles dark brown (contrasting with veins), pterostigma mid to dark brown; abdominal sternites mid to dark brown. Morphology. Body length: ♂ 5.4–6.1 mm, ♀ 6.4–7.9 mm Head: Vertex (total length) 1.2–1.6 times longer than wide; basal emargination obtusely. Postclypeus with evanescent or well-developed median carina. Rostrum reaching hind coxae. Thorax: Hind margin of pronotum obtusely angled. Mesonotum with evanescent or well-developed carinae. Forewing 3.4–3.7 times longer than wide; costa with 12–20 tubercles; 9 apical cells. Male genitalia: Genital styles irregularlyi lobed. Aedeagus: Phallotheca with a large hookshaped spine directed ventrad arising ventrally below midlength; a very long, rounded spine arising ventrally below midlength reaching apex of aedeagus; two medium sized spines right lateral; and a very short spine dorsal. Flagellum partly sclerotised, with a long, strongly curved spine left lateral at midlength of flagellum; and two large, bifurcated, flattened spines. (Löcker et.al. 2006)

ID Keys

Löcker et.al. (2006: 48)

Diagnosis References

Löcker, B., Fletcher, M.J., Larivière, M.-C. & Gurr, G.M. 2006. The Australian Pentastirini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae). Zootaxa 1290: 1-138 [55–56]

General References

Löcker, B., Fletcher, M.J., Larivière, M.-C. & Gurr, G.M. 2006. The Australian Pentastirini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae). Zootaxa 1290: 1-138 [51]

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