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 Planthoppers - family Cixiidae
Order Hemiptera
Cixiid Planthoppers generally are brown or black with wings that are transparent with brown veins. Some species have brown patterns on wings. They are considered the most primitive fulgoroid species.
Their nymphs are primarily root-feeders, some found in ants nest.
- Cixiid Planthopper 1
- Oliarus sp., body length 10mm, tribe Pentastirini
- 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
- Cixiid Planthopper 2
- Cajeta singularis, tribe Cajetini , 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.
- Cixiid Planthopper 3
- Mnemosyne alexandri, tribe Mnemosynini, 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.
- Cixiid Planthopper 4
- ? Barbonia sp., body length 5mm, tribe Gelastocephalini
- Pictures was taken in Karawatha Forest on Jun 2007.
- Reference:
- 1. Hoppers - family Cixiidae - lifeunseen.com, by Nick Monaghan.
- 2. Species of Gelastocephalini - Fletcher, M.J. and Larivière, M.-C. 2006.
- 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. and Larivière, M.-C. (2001 and updates).
- 4. 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).
- 1. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 476.
