Abstract
The New Zealand cixiid planthoppers were revised by Larivière (1999) who noted that further systematics work was required on a world basis or at least in an Australasian context before the position of New Zealand genera could be determined. As a consequence, most existing generic concepts were accepted by Larivière (1999), including the placement of two species in Oliarus Stål, 1862, a well-known catch-all pentastirine genus with species from all over the world.
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