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Subfamily Euphyllurinae

Representative Images

Neophyllura bicolor Cercopidae? - Neophyllura arctostaphyli Cercopidae? - Neophyllura arctostaphyli Olive Psyllid - Euphyllura olivina Neophyllura arbuti Cool orange psyllid - Neophyllura Neophyllura? - Neophyllura arctostaphyli Neophyllura? - Neophyllura arctostaphyli

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

Explanation of Names

Euphyllurinae Crawford, 1914

Numbers

15 spp. in 5 genera in our area, ~250 spp. in 20 genera worldwide (1)

Identification

Adult metabasitarsus with 2 (rarely 1) sclerotised spurs (2)

Remarks

Diaphorina: A single species native to s. Asia, adventive in CA and from FL-TX; associated with Citrus (Rutaceae)
Euphyllura: A single species native to the Mediterranean, adventive in s. CA; associated with Olive (Oleaceae: Olea)
Katacephala: 4(?) spp. belonging to a neotropical genus extending into southern FL; associated with tropical Myrtaceae, including Eugenia
Neophyllura: 7 endemic spp. restricted to the west, especially CA; associated with Ericaceae, including Arbutus and Arctostaphylos
Psyllopsis: 3 spp. native to Europe and adventive in North America; associated with Ash (Oleaceae: Fraxinus)

Works Cited

1.Ouvrard D. (2013) Psyl'list - The World Psylloidea Database
2.A revised classification of the jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea)
Burckhardt D. & Ouvrard D. 2012. Zootaxa 3509: 1-34.
Contributed by v belov on 13 January, 2013 - 3:30pm
Additional contributions by Chris Mallory
Last updated 29 March, 2016 - 6:18pm

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