| Psyllinae | |
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| Arytainilla spartiophila | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Family: | Psyllidae |
| Subfamily: | Psyllinae Latreille, 1807 |
Psyllinae is a subfamily of plant-parasitic hemipterans in the family Psyllidae. [1] [2] [3] [4] It includes minor pest species such as: the apple psylla, Cacopsylla mali and Cacopsylla pyri (a.k.a. Psylla pyri ), commonly known as the pear psylla.
These genera belong to the subfamily Psyllinae:
Data sources: i = ITIS, [5] c = Catalogue of Life, [6] g = GBIF, [2] b = Bugguide.net [3]
Psyllidae, the jumping plant lice or psyllids, are a family of small plant-feeding insects that tend to be very host-specific, i.e. each plant-louse species only feeds on one plant species (monophagous) or feeds on a few closely related plants (oligophagous). Together with aphids, phylloxerans, scale insects and whiteflies, they form the group called Sternorrhyncha, which is considered to be the most "primitive" group within the true bugs (Hemiptera). They have traditionally been considered a single family, Psyllidae, but recent classifications divide the group into a total of seven families; the present restricted definition still includes more than 70 genera in the Psyllidae. Psyllid fossils have been found from the Early Permian before the flowering plants evolved. The explosive diversification of the flowering plants in the Cretaceous was paralleled by a massive diversification of associated insects, and many of the morphological and metabolic characters that the flowering plants exhibit may have evolved as defenses against herbivorous insects.
The insect family Nabidae contains the damsel bugs. There are over 500 species in 20 genera. They are soft-bodied, elongate, winged terrestrial predators. Many damsel bugs catch and hold prey with their forelegs, similar to mantids. They are considered helpful species in agriculture because of their predation on many types of crop pests.
The Stenopodainae are a subfamily of Reduviidae. Often cryptically coloured, with prominent mandibular plates, antennal segment 1 generally strongly developed, remaining segments slender and often folded back under the first; hemelytron typically with large pentagonal or hexagonal cell in the corium. Approximately 113 genera are described, with most species found in the tropics. Many species are associated with soil or sand, and many are apterous.
The Euphorinae are a large subfamily of Braconidae parasitoid wasps. Some species have been used for biological pest control. They are sister group to the Meteorinae.
Psylla is a genus of sap-sucking insects belonging to the order Hemiptera. There are at least 110 described species in Psylla. Species within the genus feed on various host plants.
Rhinocolinae is a subfamily of insects in the family Aphalaridae.
Schizopteridae is the largest family in the infraorder Dipsocoromorpha and comprises 56 genera and approximately 255 species. Schizopterids are some of the smallest (0.5–2.0 mm) true bugs. Members of this family can be distinguished by their small size, enlarged forecoxae and varying degree of abdominal and genitalic asymmetry in males. Schizopteridae exhibit a wide range of simple and complex wing venation patterns. The group is currently divided into three subfamilies: Schizopterinae, Ogeriinae and Hypselosomatinae.
Anthocoris nemoralis is a true bug in the family Anthocoridae. The species is native to Europe and is introduced in North America. It is a predator of aphids, spider mites and jumping plant lice, and is therefore used as a biological pest control agent.
Psyllopsis is a genus of plant lice, now placed in the subfamily Euphyllurinae.
Macrohomotoma is a genus of plant-parasitic hemipterans in the family Homotomidae. There are about 15 described species in Macrohomotoma.
Menosoma is a genus of leafhoppers in the family Cicadellidae. There are about 12 described species in Menosoma. Menosoma is in the tribe Bahitini within the subfamily Deltocephalinae.
Neotibicen lyricen, the lyric cicada, is a species of cicada in the family Cicadidae.
Oebalus is a genus of stink bugs in the family Pentatomidae. There are about six described species in Oebalus.
Pachypsylla celtidismamma, known generally as the hackberry nipplegall maker or hackberry psylla, is a species of plant-parasitic hemipteran in the family Aphalaridae.
Aphrodinae is a subfamily of leafhoppers in the family Cicadellidae. There are about 7 genera and at least 20 described species in Aphrodinae.
Psylla carpinicola is a species of plant-parasitic hemipteran in the family Psyllidae.
Cacopsylla pyricola, commonly known as the pear sucker, is a true bug in the family Psyllidae and is a pest of pear trees (Pyrus). It originated in Europe, was introduced to the United States in the early nineteenth century and spread across the country in the next century.
Stegaspidinae is a subfamily of treehoppers in the family Membracidae.
Liviidae is a family of plant lice, with about 19 genera.
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