Species Euphyllura olivina - Olive Psyllid

Classification · Explanation of Names · Internet References · Works Cited

Psyllids on Olea europea - Euphyllura olivina

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 Liviidae

Subfamily Euphyllurinae

Genus Euphyllura

Species olivina (Olive Psyllid)

Explanation of Names

Euphyllura olivina Costa 1839

Three spp. are commonly referred to as the olive psyllid: E. phillyreae, E. straminea, & E. olivina, all found in the Mediterranean/Middle East. These species have varying and somewhat overlapping distributions in the world. (Johnson 2023)

Internet References

Fact sheets: Linn & Gillett-Kaufman (2016)(1) | Johnson (2023)

Works Cited

1.	University of Florida: Featured Creatures

Contributed by Chris Mallory on 5 July, 2017 - 5:25pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 1 June, 2023 - 3:46pm

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