Larivière MC and Fletcher MJ (2008) A new genus, Zeoliarus, for the endemic New Zealand species Oliarus atkinsoni Myers and O. oppositus (Walker) (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae: Cixiinae: Pentastirini). Zootaxa 1891: 66-68.

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Summary

Following clarification of the identity of the type species of Oliarus and results of Birgit Löcker's extensive publication on the planthopper family Cixiidae in Australia, it became obvious that two endemic species of the family in New Zealand could not continue to be classified in that genus. Consequently, this short paper transfers the two species to the new genus Zeoliarus.