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Oliarus mendax

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Oliarus mendax is a species in the family Cixiidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 5 countries, including Burkina Faso, Chad and Congo - Kinshasa.

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Quick facts about Oliarus mendax

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
5 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Oliarus mendax live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Oliarus mendax is listed for 5 countries.

Dem. Rep. CongoChadNigeriaCôte d'IvoireBurkina Faso
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The same countries as a list

  1. Burkina Faso
  2. Chad
  3. Congo - Kinshasa
  4. Côte d’Ivoire
  5. Nigeria

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Oliarus mendax endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Oliarus mendax classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyCixiidae
  6. genusOliarus
  7. SpeciesOliarus mendax Synave, 1960

Synonyms Oliarus pythaules

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Oliarus mendax

Other species in the same genus Oliarus.

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Common questions

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Where does Oliarus mendax live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Oliarus mendax for 5 countries: Burkina Faso, Chad, Congo - Kinshasa, Côte d’Ivoire and Nigeria. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Oliarus mendax?

Oliarus mendax (Oliarus mendax) belongs to the family Cixiidae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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CreatureData. (2026). Oliarus mendax (Oliarus mendax). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/oliarus-mendax

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BibTeX
@misc{oliarus_mendax_2026,
  title = {Oliarus mendax (Oliarus mendax)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/oliarus-mendax},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}