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Order
Hemiptera
- This page contains pictures and information about Flatid Planthoppers that we found in the Brisbane area,
Queensland, Australia.
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 - Flatid Planthopper nymph
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- Planthopper in family Flatidae are small to medium size plant-feeding insects.
Their colours are from
pale green, through yellow-green to brown. The hind legs have one or
two spurs.
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 - Egg
mass
Hatching
Adult
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- Adults have the triangular and broad fore
wings. They held wings vertically when in rest. All
of them jump, so their name planthoppers.
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- Mango Planthopper
  - Colgaroides acuminata, subfamily Flatinae, tribe Flatini, body length 15mm
- This Planthopper is creamy green in colour with a tiny pinkish-brown dot at the
middle of each front wing. It is common un Brisbane and can be found on stem
of different plants. More information and pictures can be found in this page.
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- Pink Planthopper
 - Colgar sp., subfamily Flatinae, tribe Flatini, body length 15mm
- We took this picture on White Hill during early winter. The Planthopper is
creamy white in colour with pink wing edges. Check this page for more
infromation.
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- Green Mottled Planthopper
  - Siphanta hebes, subfamily Flatinae, tribe Siphantini body length 15mm
- This Green Planthopper is triangular in shape with pink eyes and a pointed
head. The forewings cover the body like sloping roof when it rests. This
species has the dot patterns on the wings with brown wing edges. Check
this page for more information.
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- Small Green Planthopper
 - ? Siphanta sp., body length 6mm
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- Unknown Flatid Planthopper Egg Mass
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- ? Colgaroides or Colgar sp., diameter 10mm
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- Newly Hatched Flatid Planthopper Nymphs
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- ? Colgaroides or Colgar sp., body length 2mm
- Those newly hatched hoppers were found on Acacia leaf during early
summer. Chris Freebairn
sent us email advised that " they are are flatid nymphs (Family
Flatidae) - possibly mango planthopper (MPH) Colgaroides acuminata,
though the egg raft does not look quite right for this species and the bands
on the nymphs look a bit different too. Maybe a species of Colgar."
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- Unknown Flatid Planthopper
Nymph I
 - ? Colgaroides or Colgar sp., body length 8mm
- Pictures were taken in Ford Road Reserve Area on Jan 2009.
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- Unknown Flatid Planthopper nymph
II
 - ? sp., body length 10mm
- Photos were taken in Karawatha Forest on Oct 2007.
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- Unknown Flatid Planthopper nymph
III
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- Reference and links:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 478.
- 2. Family
Flatidae - Flatid 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).
- 3. Northern
Territory Insects, A Comprehensive Guide CD - Graham Brown, 2009.
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