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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

Family Psyllidae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Food · Works Cited
little orange bug - Psylla Tiny Insect - Cacopsylla annulata Asian Citrus Psyllid? Female? - Diaphorina citri - female Some type of young cicada or locust? - Cacopsylla annulata - female Small orange psyllid with triangular Aphalaroida pithecolobia Psyllidae on Lead plant - Amorphicola Aphalaroida spinifera?
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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
The group historically treated as Psyllidae is now considered to be a superfamily, Psylloidea, with 8 constituent familes; refer to Psylloidea for general info on psyllids as a whole
Explanation of Names
Psyllidae Latreille, 1807
Numbers
5 subfamilies, with 134 spp. in 20 genera in our area, ~800 spp. in >70 genera worldwide(1)
Food
Has a symbiotic relationship with Carsonella ruddii, proteobacteria, that assist in providing the insect with sufficient amino acids.(2)
Works Cited
1.Ouvrard D. (2013) Psyl'list - The World Psylloidea Database
2.The Insects : Structure and Function
R. F. Chapman. 1998. Cambridge University Press.
Contributed by tom murray on 24 May, 2005 - 6:29pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Beatriz Moisset, Bbarnd, ceiseman, v belov, Chris Mallory, Marci Hess
Last updated 24 September, 2023 - 9:47am

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