Family Cixiidae

The Cixiidae are a family of fulgoroid insects, distributed worldwide and comprising more than 2,000 species in over 150 genera. The genera are placed into three subfamilies, Borystheninae, Bothriocerinae and Cixiinae with sixteen tribes currently accepted in Cixiinae.

Cixiid species are typically comparatively small (body size less than a centimeter) and usually inconspicuous. The face is longer than wide, and the head is narrower than the pronotum. The forewings are at least partly transparent and the veins bear minute setae. The hind tibiae end in a cluster of spines and may sometimes have spines along their length. Nymphs live underground, feeding on roots. Adults feed on herbs, shrubs and/or trees; some are polyphagous, while others are host specific (monophagous). A couple of species are cavernicolous, feeding on roots in volcanic caves. Females occasionally bear impressive “wax tails” produced by wax-producing plates at the tip of their abdomen.

Source: Wikipedia

Subfamily Cixiinae

Tribe Andini

Tribe Bennini

Tribe Brixiini

Tribe Eucarpiini

Tribe Mnemosynini

Tribe Pintaliini

Unidentified Cixiidae