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Aphalaridae
Sign in to saveAphalaridae is a family of insects in the superfamily Psylloidea, commonly known as jumping plant lice or psyllids with a worldwide distribution. It was first described in 1879 by Austrian Entomologist, Franz Löw along with the tribe Aphalarini. Like other psyllids, aphalarids are small, sap-sucking insects, and they are often highly host-specific.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 20
- With media
- 7
- Family
- Aphalaridae
- Collections
- USNM, TMAG, MSU, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- United States, Australia, [Not Stated], Iran, Pakistan
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Morphology
- Ecology and host plants
- Distribution and habitat
- Economic importance
- Taxonomy
- Overview of genera
- References
- External links
Aphalaridae is a family of insects in the superfamily Psylloidea, commonly known as jumping plant lice or psyllids with a worldwide distribution. It was first described in 1879 by Austrian Entomologist, Franz Löw along with the tribe Aphalarini. Like other psyllids, aphalarids are small, sap-sucking insects, and they are often highly host-specific.
The family contains approximately 749 species. The classification of the family was revised in 2012 and further amended in 2021 to include new molecular and morphological data.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aphalaridae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.