Common Spittlebug
Machaerotida
Ledrinae
TheWorld'sLargestLeafhopper
BlackFlat-headLeafhopper
White-dotedBrownLeafhopper
Tartessinae
Yellow-headedLeafhopper
Brown Leafhopper1
Eurymelinae
Common Jassid
Punctata Gum-treehopper
Penthimiinae
Membracidae
Lantana Treehopper
Banksia Treehopper
Green Horned Treehopper
AcaciaHornedTreehopper
Tri-horned Treehopper
Cixiid Planthopper - Oliarus sp.,
Family Cixiidae, tribe Pentastirini
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 dark brown in colour with wings that are transparent. The planthoppers in tribe Pentastirini are look very similar. The genus Oliarus is the most common,
- Pictures were taken outside our house in Eight Mile Plains on Jun 2007.
- Reference:
- 1. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 476, Fig 30.39A.
- 2. Tribe Pentastirini Emeljanov - 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).
- 1. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 476, Fig 30.39A.
