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Order
Hemiptera
- This page contains pictures and information about Planthoppers in family Cixiidae
that we found in the Brisbane area,
Queensland, Australia.
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- Cixiid Planthoppers generally are brown to dark brown in colours. Head is
usually not prolonged. Their
wings are
transparent with brown veins. Some species have brown patterns on wings.
They are considered the most primitive species in Superfamily Fulgoroidea.
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- Their nymphs are primarily root-feeders, some
found in ants nest.
Tribe Pentastirini
- Cixiid Planthopper 1
 - Oliarus sp., body length 10mm
- Pictures were taken outside our house in Eight Mile Plains on Jun 2007. This Cixiid Planthopper is
dark brown in colour with wings that are
transparent. Please visit this page for
more information
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- Cixiid Planthopper 2
 - Oliarus sp., body length 10mm
- Photos were taken in Anstead Forest on Sept 2011. Please check this page
for more information.
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Tribe Cajetini
- Cixiid Planthopper 3
  - Cajeta singularis, body length 10mm
- 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. Check this page
for more pictures and information.
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Tribe Mnemosynini
- Cixiid Planthopper 4
  - Mnemosyne alexandri, body length 10mm
- We found this planthoppers on Jan 2005 in the rain forest near Mt
Nebo. This could be a rare species for it was first described in
2006. Details please check this page.
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- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 476.
- 2. Insects of Australia and New Zealand - R. J. Tillyard, Angus
& Robertson, Ltd, Sydney, 1926, p166.
- 3. Family
Cixiidae - Cixiid planthoppers - 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).
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