Oliarus gracilis Löcker, 2006

Löcker, Birgit, Fletcher, Murray J., Larivière, Marie-Claude & Gurr, Geoff M., 2006, The Australian Pentastirini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae), Zootaxa 1290 (1290), pp. 1-138 : 30-32

Oliarus gracilis Löcker sp. nov.

( Figs 7E–H, 34P–S, 35A–C)

Type material

Holotype, ♂, AUSTRALIA, Qld: Horn Island , 10.37S 142.17E, at light, 2.–5.xii.1986 (K. Houston, K. Sadler) ( QM QMT123830 , originally QDPC) , Paratypes, AUSTRALIA, Qld : 2 ♂, 2 ♀, West Claudie River, 4 km SW road junction, 12º44’S 143º15’E, mv lamp, 1.xii.1986 (G. Daniels, M.A. Schneider) ( UQIC) .

Etymology

The Latin term ‘gracilis’ means ‘slender’. Named after a long, slender spine on the phallotheca.

Colour

Body mid to dark brown, carinae paler; legs light 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 light to mid brown.

Morphology

Body length: ♂ 3.7–4.4 mm.

Head: Vertex (total length) 2.3–2.5 times longer than wide; basal emargination acutely angled, rectangular or obtusely angled. Postclypeus with well­developed median carina. Rostrum surpassing, reaching or not reaching hind coxae.

Thorax: Hind margin of pronotum obtusely angled. Mesonotum with well­developed carinae. Forewing 3.0–3.3 times longer than wide; costa with 0–1 tubercles; 9 apical cells.

Male genitalia: Anal tube as in Figs 34P–R; pygophore and genital styles as in Figs 34S, 35A. Aedeagus ( Figs 35B–C): Phallotheca with a long, slightly curved spine (a) arising left lateral at apex; a slightly curved spine (b) arising ventrally about midlength; and a long slender spine (c) arising dorsolaterally at apex. Flagellum membranous, unarmed.