Psylla

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Psylla
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Psylla alni
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Psyllidae
Subfamily: Psyllinae
Genus: Psylla
Geoffroy, 1762
Diversity
at least 110 species
Synonyms [1]
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Psylla carpinicola Hornbeam Psyllid Nymph - Flickr - treegrow (1).jpg
Psylla carpinicola

Psylla (from the Greek psulla, meaning flea) is the type genus of sap-sucking insects in the family Psyllidae. There are at least 110 described species in Psylla. [2] [3] [4] Species within the genus feed on various host plants.

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Some agricultural pests, previously placed here, are now in related genera, such as Cacopsylla (which includes at least two species harmful to fruit trees); other revised species names include the "Albizia fly" ( Acizzia jamatonica, in the same family) and the laurel fly ( Trioza alacris in the family Triozidae).

Selected species and hosts

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References

  1. Burckhardt, Daniel; Ouvrard, David; Percy, Diana M. (2021). "An updated classification of the jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) integrating molecular and morphological evidence". European Journal of Taxonomy (736): 137–182. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2021.736.1257 .
  2. "Browse Psylla". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  3. "Psylla". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  4. "Psylla Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  5. 1 2 Yue, Bi-Song; Martoni, Francesco; Armstrong, Karen (2019). "Resolving an 87-year-old taxonomical curiosity with the description of Psylla frodobagginsi sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psyllidae), a second distinct Psylla species on the New Zealand endemic plant kōwhai". PLOS ONE. 14 (9): e0221316. Bibcode:2019PLoSO..1421316M. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221316 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMC   6750570 . PMID   31532775.