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Species Platycorypha nigrivirga - Tipu Psyllid


Platycorypha nigrivirga Burckhardt (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psylloidea), tipu psyllid, new to North America
By A. Rung, G. Arakelian, R. Gill, N. Nisson
Insecta Mundi 0097: 1-5, 2009

A monograph of the jumping plant-lice or Psyllidae of the New World
By David L. Crawford
Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 85: 1-186, 1914
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The psyllids (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) of Florida: newly established and rarely collected taxa and checklist
By Halbert SE, Burckhardt D
Insecta Mundi 0788: 1–88, 2020

New species of Psylla from the western United States and biological notes
By Jensen, D.D.
Canadian Entomologist 88: 101-109, 1956
Original descriptions for four species: Cacopsylla notapennis, C. pararibesiae, C. acuminata, & C. nigranervosa, plus a redescription of C. ribesiae

Characters of two North American Chermidae
By Van Duzee, E.P.
Pan-Pacific Entomologist 1: 22-23, 1924
Original description of two Californian endemic psyllids, Bactericera lavaterae and Craspedolepta martini. (pdf)

The Jumping Place Lice of Ohio (Homoptera: Chermidae)
By Caldwell, J.S.
Ohio Biological Survey, 1938

Life cycle variation and adaptation in jumping plant lice (Insecta: Hemiptera: Psylloidea): a global synthesis
By Hodkinson, I.D.
Journal of Natural History Vol. 43, Nos. 1–2, January 2009, 65–179, 2009

Biological Notes and New Records of North American Chermidae (Homoptera)
By Klyver, F.D.
Entomological News 43, 1932