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Family Nogodinidae
Nogodinid planthoppers and Pebblebugs

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Some nogodinids (such as the Varciini) are delicate lacy-winged insects but the Lipocalliini (the pebblebugs*) have the tegmina opaque and convex. Most nogodinids are forest-dwelling insects, commonly found in moist coastal forests but the pebblebugs are primarily distributed in the more arid parts of the continent. The Lipocalliini seem to be particularly diverse in NW Australia although most of the species are undescribed.

The Family Nogodinidae is regarded by some authors as an anomalous subfamily of the Issidae. The Australian fauna has not been well studied and the number of described species from both Australia and Indonesia is probably much greater than the lists provided here would indicate. No nogodinids have been described from New Zealand.

*The term "pebblebugs" has been applied to the Lipocalliinae by Melinda Moir during her PhD project at Curtin University. This group of planthoppers are spherical and cryptically coloured and, because this term is particularly descriptive of their appearance, it is adopted here.

[update: 11 July 2007]

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Pebblebug Lipocallia australensis Kirkaldy
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Document 7024, submitted 05 August 2007