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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » Plant-parasitic Hemipterans (Sternorrhyncha) » Psylloidea » Calophyidae

Family Calophyidae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Remarks · Works Cited
peppertree psyllid male - Calophya schini - male Peppertree psyllid nymph and pits - Calophya schini Lemonade Berry Psyllid - Calophya californica - female Orgy - Calophya californica - male - female Calophya minuta Very tiny insect - Calophya schini SBBG-SCL-TIC_000234 - Calophya californica Calophya nigripennis
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 Calophyidae
Explanation of Names
Calophyidae Vondráček 1957
Numbers
14 spp. in 2 genera in our area(1), >90 spp. in 11 genera worldwide(2)
Remarks
Calophya: 13 spp., widespread in North America, associated with Anacardiaceae: native species are associated with sumacs (Rhus), while introduced tropical species are associated with Peppertree (Schinus).
Mastigimas: a single spp. restricted to southern FL, associated with Cedrela (Meliaceae)
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.Ouvrard D. (2013) Psyl'list - The World Psylloidea Database
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 16 February, 2009 - 9:37pm
Additional contributions by v belov, Chris Mallory
Last updated 29 March, 2016 - 5:55pm

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