|  |  | 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    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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