Atonurus meridianus ( Van Stalle, 1984 )

Huang, Min & Holzinger, Werner E., 2010, Cixiidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) from Namibia, with records from neighbouring countries, Zootaxa 2717, pp. 34-52 : 38

Atonurus meridianus ( Van Stalle, 1984)

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Oliarus meridianus Van Stalle, 1984: 115 ( South Africa: N. Transvaal, M’Pfeu Kraal) Atonurus meridianus (Van Stalle) , Emeljanov 1992

Material examined. Namibia, 4 males, 1 female, Popa Falls (18°07’S, 21°04’E), Kavango, 26.ii.1992, E. Marais and M. Pusch; 1 male, 1 female, Nkasa Island, E. Caprivi, S.W.A. (18°27’S, 23°36’E), 3.x.1987, E. Marais; 1 male, Odila River (17°29’S, 16°51’E), Ovambo, 23.i.1993, E. Marais (all NMNW).

Description. see Van Stalle (1987: 127; as Oliarus meridianus )

Distribution. “One of the most common pentastirine species south of the equator together with O. hottentottus and Pentastiridius moestus ” ( Van Stalle 1987: 127). Recorded from South Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zimbabwe. Here recorded from Namibia for the first time (Ohangwena, Caprivi).

Ecology. recorded from September to April, probably active during the rainy season ( Van Stalle 1987)

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 13. Habitus photographs, dorsolateral view. 1. Duilius tenuis, female; 2. Pentastiridius moestus, male; 3. P. sudanicus, male; 4. P. limbifer, male; 5. Eumecurus incompletus, male; 6 E. kibuyanus, male; 7. E. decempunctatus, male; 8. E. mashonanus, male; 9. E. brachycephalus, male; 10. Atonurus meridianus, male; 11. E. hottentottus, female; 12. A. namibianus, male; 13. E. eryx, female. Scale bar A = 1 mm for figs 1 – 6, scale bar B = 1 mm for figs 7 – 13.