Credits

These keys have been developed within the Agricultural Scientific Collections Unit (ASCU) of Orange Agricultural Institute. The support of NSW Department of Primary Industries is acknowledged.

The New Zealand component has been added in collaboration with Dr Marie-Claude Larivière of NZAC and links to the NZAC website are provided wherever relevant for further information on the NZ fauna. The support of Landcare Research, Auckland, for Dr Larivière's work on Auchenorrhyncha is acknowledged.

The Indonesian component has been added in collaboration with Dr Sri Suharni Siwi of the Central Research Institute for Food Crops, Bogor, Indonesia, whose visit to Orange Agricultural Institute was funded by DAFF.

Some of the keys have been published in printed form elsewhere and reference is given to these other keys where appropriate.

Comments on various components of these keys and checklists have been provided by colleagues. These inputs are acknowledged wherever they occur.
The author is very grateful to these colleagues for their input.

Initial support for taxonomic research on the Australian Auchenorrhyncha was provided by the late Dr John W. Evans whose extensive reprint collection on leafhoppers and planthoppers was given to the author in 1985. Continuing support from Mrs Faith Evans is also gratefully acknowledged.

Many of the photographs were taken by Linda Semeraro, whose employment was funded by the Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS), a division of Environment Australia.