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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 » Psyllidae » Macrocorsinae » Euphalerus

Genus Euphalerus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Works Cited
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 Macrocorsinae
Genus Euphalerus
Explanation of Names
Euphalerus Schwarz 1904
Numbers
a single sp. in our area, 30 total (1)
Identification
Our species, E. nidifex, may be recognized by the wing venation and speckled forewings(2):
Range
Southern Florida (1)
Food
Piscidia piscipula (1)
Life Cycle
Nymphs construct conspicuous nests on the ventral surfaces of leaves
Print References
Mead, F.W. 1967. A Nest-making Psyllid, Euphalerus nidifex, in Florida (Homoptera: Psyllidae). Entomology Circular No. 67
Works Cited
1.Ouvrard D. (2013) Psyl'list - The World Psylloidea Database
2.The psyllids of America North of Mexico: (Psyllidae: Homoptera) (Subfamilies Psyllinae and Triozinae)
Tuthill, L.D. . 1943. Iowa State College Journal of Science 17: 443-660.
Contributed by v belov on 10 January, 2015 - 1:16pm
Additional contributions by Chris Mallory
Last updated 13 February, 2016 - 11:50am

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