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 - 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.
- 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.
