Issid planthoppers - Family Issidae, Chlamydopteryx sidnicus (Phaeopteryx sidnicus)

Order Hemiptera

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



Issid Planthoppers are small in size and dull in colour with fore wings often shorten or convex.


Chlamydopteryx sidnicus (Phaeopteryx sidnicus), body length 4mm

This is a small planthopper. We found it on a large Box bark gum tree. It was wandering near the base of the tree trunk. It was Oct 2009 in the Botanic Garden. When we were taking the photos, the small planthopper quickly ran up along the tree trunk until we could not reach it.

Reference:
1. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 478.
3. Family Issidae - Issid 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).
4. Family ISSIDAE Spinola, 1839 - Australian Faunal Directory, Australian Biological Resources Study.