Oliarus hirsutus Locker 2006, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Löcker, Birgit
name: Fletcher, Murray J.
name: Larivière, Marie-Claude
name: Gurr, Geoff M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2006
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cixiidae
Oliarus
Oliarus hirsutus

description: <i>Oliarus hirsutus</i> Löcker, sp. nov. (Figs 8E–H, 35K–P) <i>Type material</i> <i>Holotype</i>, &amp;male;, <b>AUSTRALIA, Qld:</b> Ingham, light trap, 15.iii.1961 (K.D. Harley) (ANIC), <i>Paratypes</i>, AUSTRALIA, Qld: 2 &amp;male;, same data as holotype (ANIC), 1 &amp;male;, same data, 14.iii.1961 (R. Straatman) (ANIC), 1 &amp;male;, bank 6 mile Ck, 18 km N Proserpine, in grass, D­Vac, 8.xi.1975 (I.D. Galloway) (QDPC), 1 &amp;male;, Nolan Ck Crossing, SW Wrotham Park, 23.iv.1983 (J.F. Donaldson, J.F. Grimshaw) (QDPC), 1 &amp;male;, 2 &amp;female;, Brisbane, 5.xi.1941 (H. Hacker) (BMNH), 1 &amp;male;, Mackay, 26.viii.1954 (R. Jones) (UQIC), 1 &amp;male;, 5 km E Elimbah, 22.ii.1978 (J.F. Donaldson) (QDPC), 1 &amp;male;, Walker Ck, N of Normanton, at light, 30.vii.1982 (J.F. Donaldson, J.W. Turner) (QDPC), 1 &amp;male;, 1 km E Kimba, 15.37S 143.30E, 28.x.1993 (P. Zborowski, D. Rentz) (ANIC), 1 &amp;male;, Archer River, 9.i.1988 (M.S. &amp; B.J. Moulds) (ASCU), 2 &amp;male;, Boyne Island, via Gladstone, 23 <b>º</b> 55’S 151º20’E, 1995 (C.Q. University) (QM), 1 &amp;male;, Thornlands, at light, 28.ii.1973 (J.F. Donaldson) (QDPC), <b>AUSTRALIA, NT</b>: 1 &amp;male;, Goose Lagoon, 11 km SW by S of Borroloola, 16.10S 136.15E, 31.x.1975 (M.S. Upton), 1 &amp;male;, Nourlangie, 11 km S by W of Nimbuwah Rock, 12.17S 133.20E, 1.xi.1972 (Upton, Barrett) (ANIC), 1 &amp;male;, Lake Woods, 15 km SW Eliot, at light, 5.x.1977 (G.F. Gross, J.A. Forrest) (SAM), 1 &amp;male;, Darwin (SAM), 1 &amp;male;, Jabiru Park Lake, at night, 4.ix.1989 (C.W. &amp; L.B. O’Brien) (LBOB), 1 &amp;male;, Stuart Hwy, Coomalie Ck, 50m, 24.x.1962 (CAS), 1 &amp;male;, 15 km E of Mt Cahill, 12.52 132.50E, 9.iii.1973 (M.S. Upton) (ANIC), <b>AUSTRALIA, WA</b>: 1 &amp;male;, Old Doongan, 2.viii.1975 (I.F.B. Common, M.S. Upton) (ANIC), 2 &amp;male;, Drysdale River, 15.02S 126.55E, 3.–8.viii.1975 (I.F.B. Common, M.S. Upton) (ANIC), 1 &amp;male;, Carson escarpment, 14.49S 126.49E, 9.–15.viii.1975 (I.F.B. Common, M.S. Upton) (ANIC), 1 &amp;male;, Morgan Falls, 15.02S 126.40E, 16.–17.viii.1975 (I.F.B. Common, M.S. Upton) (ANIC). <i>Etymology</i> The Latin term ‘hirsutus’ means ‘hairy, rough, shaggy’. Named after the shaggy surface of the flagellum. <i>Colour</i> Body mid, dark brown or black, carinae paler; legs light to mid brown; forewing hyaline colourless with brown marks along crossveins, some specimens with 3 brown transverse bands across the wing, veins light brown apically darker, tubercles dark brown (contrasting with veins), pterostigma mid to dark brown; abdominal sternites light to mid brown. <i>Morphology</i> Body length: &amp;male; 4.7–5.3 mm. Head: Vertex (total length) 1.8–2.6 times longer than wide; basal emargination obtusely angled or rectangular. Postclypeus with well­developed median carina. Rostrum not reaching hind coxae. Thorax: Hind margin of pronotum obtusely angled. Mesonotum with evanescent or well­developed carinae. Forewing 3.1–3.5 times longer than wide; costa without tubercles; 8 apical cells. Male genitalia: Anal tube as in Figs 35K–M; pygophore and genital styles as in Figs 35N–O. Aedeagus (Fig. 35P): Phallotheca with a long, slightly curved spine (a) arising left lateral at apex; and a slightly curved spine (b) arising ventrally about midlength. Flagellum hirsute, unarmed.
description: Published as part of <i>Löcker, Birgit, Fletcher, Murray J., Larivière, Marie-Claude &amp; Gurr, Geoff M., 2006, The Australian Pentastirini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae), pp. 1-138 in Zootaxa 1290 (1290)</i> on pages 34-35