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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 » Carsidaridae » Pachypsyllinae

Subfamily Pachypsyllinae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Works Cited
jumping plant louse - Pachypsylla celtidismamma Hackberry Psyllid - Pachypsylla celtidisasterisca Jumping plant louse - Pachypsylla celtidisinteneris Hackberry gall - Pachypsylla galls on Celtis occidentalis - Pachypsylla celtidisvesicula Psylloidea, Hackberry Nipplegall Maker, lateral - Pachypsylla celtidismamma psyllid 2 - Pachypsylla Pennsylvania Leafhopper for ID - Pachypsylla
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 Carsidaridae
Subfamily Pachypsyllinae
Explanation of Names
Pachypsyllinae Crawford, 1914
Numbers
Over 9 spp. in 2 genera in our area(1), over 20 spp. in 3 genera worldwide(2)
Size
2-6mm (3)
Identification
Pachypsylla: Basal segment of metatarsus with two black claws, forming galls on Hackberry (3)

Tetragonocephala flava: Basal segment of metatarsus without claws, on Sugarberry (3)
Range
Throughout North America, especially in the east (2)
Works Cited
1.Mallory C. (2014-) Psyllids of North America
2.Ouvrard D. (2013) Psyl'list - The World Psylloidea Database
3.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 4 January, 2013 - 6:38pm
Additional contributions by Chris Mallory
Last updated 10 February, 2016 - 9:16pm

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