Miclucha Emeljanov, 2001

Löcker, Birgit, Fletcher, Murray J., Larivière, Marie-Claude & Gurr, Geoff M., 2006, The Australian Pentastirini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae), Zootaxa 1290 (1290), pp. 1-138 : 13-15

Genus Miclucha Emeljanov

Miclucha Emeljanov, 2001b: 72 .

Type species Oliarus laratensis Muir, 1924 , by original designation.

Morphology

Body length: ♂ 6.3–8.9 mm, ♀ 7.7–9.9 mm.

Head: Vertex (total length) 2.0–3.0 times longer than wide; lateral carinae strongly elevated; subapical carina forking from lateral margin at 2/3–3/4 of total length of vertex; median carina 1/4–3/4 as long as median length of vertex. Position of maximum width of frons more or less around centre of frontoclypeal suture; lateral carinae of frons s­shaped. Anteclypeus with well­developed median carina.

Thorax: Forewing with fork ScRA+RP distad of fork CuA1+CuA2; r­m crossvein basad of fork MA+MP; RP apically bifid or trifid; MA apically trifid; MP apically bifid; fork of Pcu+A1 distinctly basad of centre of clavus. Hind leg: tibia with 3–5 lateral spines; 5 large and 1 very small apical tooth (rarely 6 large apical teeth); 1 st tarsomere with 8–9 (rarely 7) apical teeth and no platellae; 2 nd tarsomere with 7–9 apical teeth and no platellae.

Male genitalia: Genital styles with long, sclerotised, spinelike, dorsal process (as in

Figs 31M–N, 32C, J–K).

Distribution

Indonesia ( Larat Island ), Papua New Guinea, Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia) .

Remarks

Miclucha laratensis and M. incerta are shared between Australia and New Guinea. M. australiensis is only recorded from Australia and M. niuginiensis Van Stalle is only recorded in New Guinea. The definition of Miclucha provided by Emeljanov (2000) is based on his use of characters in the key to genera he provides. The description provided here incorporates other features derived from the Australian material.