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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaHexapodaInsectaHomopteraCixiidaeOliarus

Oliarus makaiki Hoch & Howarth, 1999

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Hexapoda
Class Insecta
Order Homoptera
Family Cixiidae
Genus Oliarus
Species Oliarus makaiki Hoch & Howarth, 1999

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Troglobiont
Realm
Terrestrial
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic

Distribution

Range

Known from Hawaii in the Hawaii karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Hawaii

Counties

County-level records have not been compiled for this taxon. Distribution is recorded at state and karst-region level.

Karst regions

Hawaii

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G1G2 Critically Imperiled to Imperiled

G1▲G2▲G3G4G5

Global rank last reviewed 21 August 2002.

Subnational ranks

Hawaii
S1 Critically Imperiled

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
V578F
GBIF
2052480
iNaturalist
226326

How to cite this account

Oliarus makaiki Hoch & Howarth, 1999. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-0921. https://cavebiology.org/species/oliarus-makaiki/ (accessed 3 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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