Family Clastopteridae (Tube Spittlebugs)

 Chaetophyes.  Chaetophyes  Clasteroptidae Machaerotinae Chaetophyes  Clasteroptidae Machaerotinae Chaetophyes   

  Pectinariophyes

Pending ID – Clastopteridae
#1 Early June 2023
Knocklofty Reserve Nipaluna /Hobart
Photo KE

IMG 7222

#2.Early January 2026
Penstock Lagoon
Photos KE

IMG 1229  IMG 1228

References

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). Available at: https://idtools.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/auch/index.html Last accessed 9 May 2012.

Marshall, A. T. 1965. Spittle-production and tube-building by cercopoid nymphs (Homoptera). 3. The cytology and function of the fibril zone of the Malpighian tubules of tube-building nymphs. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science 106: 37-44.