Leaf fleas , or grass fleas [1] ( lat. Psyllidae ) - a family of small insects from the order Hemiptera . It numbers about 1100 species, united in 59 genera [2] . In Europe - about 200 species.
| Real leaf trees |
Aconopsylla sterculiae |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Subtype : | Tracheo-breathing |
| Infraclass : | Winged insects |
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| International scientific name |
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Psyllidae Latreille , 1807 |
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- Acizziinae
- Anomoneurinae
- Arytaininae
- Diaphorininae
- Paurocephalinae
- Psyllinae
- Rhinocolinae
- Spondyliaspidinae
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Content
About 1-5 mm in length. Outwardly similar to cicadas . Some of them harm garden crops. They feed on plant juices, most of which are not absorbed and excreted along with sugars. Therefore, leaf flies, like aphids , are often visited by ants . Harm crop plants.
59 genera and 1100 species (including about 460 species of the largest genus Cacopsylla ) [2] .
Known Views
- Pear Thorns ( Psylla pyricola )
- Alder leaf-leaf ( Psylla alni ) - secures wax threads on alder;
- Apple-tree coppers ( Psylla mali )
- Libya ( Livia juncorum ) - leads to the formation of galls on flowers, on the chinton and sedge.
The following are listed in the IUCN International Red Book:
- Acizzia mccarthyi
- Trioza barrettae
- ↑ Herbal fleas // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- ↑ 1 2 Diana M. Percy, Alex Crampton ‐ Platt, Saemundur Sveinsson, Alan R. Lemmon, Emily Moriarty Lemmon, David Ouvrard, Daniel Burckhardt. Resolving the psyllid tree of life: phylogenomic analyses of the superfamily Psylloidea (Hemiptera) (Eng.) // Systematic Entomology : Journal. - United Kingdom : John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and Royal Entomological Society of London , 2018. - Vol. 43, no. 4 . - P. 762-776. - ISSN 0307-6970 .
- Hunter, WB, Dowd, SE, Katsar, CS, Shatters, Jr., RG, McKenzie, CL, Hall, DG 2009 . Psyllid biology: expressed genes in adult "Asian citrus psyllid", "Diaphorina citri" Kuwayama. The Open Entomology Journal 3: 18-29.
- Morgan FD 1984 . Psylloidea of South Australia. DJ Woolman, Government Printer, South Australia. 136 p.
- Tuthill LD, Taylor KL 1955 . Australian genera of the family Psyllidae (Hemiptera: Homoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 3: 227–257.
