Cixiid Planthoppers - family Cixiidae

Cixiid  Planthopper generally are brown or black with wings that are transparent with brown veins. Their nymphs are primarily root-feeders, some found in ants nest.

Cixiid Planthopper 
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Oliarus sp., family Cixiidae, body length 10mm
 

Reference and links:
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).

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