Psyllidae Latreille, 1807

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, pp. 137-182 : 154

Family * Psyllidae Latreille, 1807

Comments

The monophyly of Psyllidae is well (AN tree) or only moderately (CC tree) supported in the molecular analyses. The two mtg trees share the same internal topology with most clades strongly supported ( Fig. 4 ). The composition of Psyllidae proposed here differs from the Psyllidae of Burckhardt & Ouvrard (2012) in the addition of Diaphorina and Katacephala (from Liviidae , Euphyllurinae ) as two distinct, basal clades, though inclusion of Diaphorina in Psyllidae requires further testing ( Percy et al. 2018). The molecular analyses further suggest that the subfamily Psyllinae of Burckhardt & Ouvrard (2012) is polyphyletic. Here we remove Amorphicola and Platycorypha and assign them each to a new subfamily. An unnamed taxon from Madagascar, also warranting subfamily status, is not further treated here as it contains no described genus and species.

Figures

Fig. 4. Cladogram representation of the classification of Psyllidae Latreille, 1807 adopted here, node symbols indicate subfamilies with poor to moderate support (white), or strong support (black) in molecular analyses (Percy et al. 2018). For Katacephalinae subfam. nov. no node symbol is given as only a single species was included in the analyses.