Cixiid Planthopper III- Cajeta singularis 

Family Cixiidae, tribe Cajetini

This page contains pictures and information about Cixiid Planthoppers that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia. 

Body length 10mm 

 

This Cixiid  Planthopper is brown in colour. Its wings are transparent with veins in dark brown. Its pronotum expanded laterally, with circular area on each side inflated.

 

 

Pictures were taken in Karawatha Forest on Sep 2007.  The Planthopper was struggling on a spider web on gum tree trunk. A Diamond Comb-Footed Spider was coming towards it. 

 

 

 

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Reference:

1. Tribe Cajetini - Fletcher, M.J. (2009 and updates). Identification keys and checklists for the leafhoppers, planthoppers and their relatives occurring in Australia and neighbouring areas (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha).   

2. Species Cajeta singularis Stål, 1866 - Australian Faunal Directory, Australian Biological Resources Study.   

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