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Oliarus nitens

Status not recordedinsects

Oliarus nitens is a species in the family Cixiidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Zimbabwe.

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Quick facts about Oliarus nitens

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
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does Oliarus nitens 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 nitens is listed for 1 country.

Zimbabwe
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Zimbabwe

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Oliarus nitens 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 nitens classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyCixiidae
  6. genusOliarus
  7. SpeciesOliarus nitens Van Stalle, 1984

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Oliarus nitens

Other species in the same genus Oliarus.

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Common questions

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Where does Oliarus nitens live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Oliarus nitens for 1 country: Zimbabwe. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Oliarus nitens?

Oliarus nitens (Oliarus nitens) 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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APA

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

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BibTeX
@misc{oliarus_nitens_2026,
  title = {Oliarus nitens (Oliarus nitens)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/oliarus-nitens},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}