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Species Aphalaroida prosopis

unidentified fly - Aphalaroida prosopis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Sternorrhyncha (Plant-parasitic Hemipterans)
Superfamily Psylloidea
Family Psyllidae
Subfamily Aphalaroidinae
Genus Aphalaroida
Species prosopis (Aphalaroida prosopis)
Explanation of Names
Aphalaroida prosopis Crawford, 1914
Identification
Setae on head, thorax, and forewings; forewings conspicuously patterned, with costal break present. Male paramere with separate subapical tooth
Range
se. AZ
Food
Prosopis juliflora (mesquite)
Print References
Hodkinson, I.D. 2001. New World legume-feeding psyllids of the genus Aphalaroida Crawford (Insecta: Homoptera: Psylloidea), Journal of Natural History, 25:5, 1281-1296