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Psyllidae
| Description | 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. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psyllidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Psyllidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Common Name | jumping plant louse | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Psyllidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Gen. Crust. Ins., 3: 168 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 49 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 26 (53%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 145 - 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | terrestrial (based on Insecta) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Arthropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | chitin (based on Insecta) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. Drohojowska. 2011. Eogyropsylla sedzimiri sp. nov. from Eocene Baltic amber with a key to the species of the fossil genus Eogyropsylla Klimaszewski, 1993 (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psylloidea). Zootaxa 2803:41-48 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Jumping Plantlice, Jumping Plant Louse, Bladloppor, Psyllids | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psyllidae |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Ciriacreminae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Macrocorsinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Psyllinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 47 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Acizzia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Amorphicola genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Anoecoconeossa genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Anomoneura genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Aphalaroida genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Arytaina genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Arytainilla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Arytinnis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Astragalita genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Auchmerina genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Auchmeriniella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Baccharopelma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Baeopelma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Brinckitia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cacopsylla genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 11 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Ceanothia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Chamaepsylla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ciriacremum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colophorina genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Connectopelma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cornopsylla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cternarytaina genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cyamophila genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 16.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Cyamophiliopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cylindropsylla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ehrendorferiana genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Epiacizzia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Euceropsylla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Euglyptoneura genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Euphaleropsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Euphalerus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Euryconus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Freysuila genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Gelonopsylla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Heteropsylla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Insnesia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Isogonoceraia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kleiniella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Labicria genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Limbopsylla genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Livilla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Macrocorsa genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Manapa genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mecistoneura genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mitrapsylla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Nyctiphalerus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pachyparia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Padaukia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Palaeolindbergiella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Palmapenna genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Panisopelma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Paraphyllura genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pexopsylla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Platycorypha genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Prosopidopsylla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pseudacanthopsylla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Psylla genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 27 | 16.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Pugionipsylla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Purshivora genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Retroacizzia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Retrocizzia genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 16.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Russelliana genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Spanioneura genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sphinia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Telmapsylla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tridencopsylla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Trigonon genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Trisetipsylla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Yangus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Zonopelma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Aryaina cayeyensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Coelocarpa cedrelae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ctemarytaina remota species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hemitroiza sonchi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pauropayilla trichaeta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Rhincola crotalariae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Psyliidae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Psyliidae |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1807 | Psyllidae Latreille |
| 1918 | Psyllidae Tillyard |
| 1964 | Psyllidae Becker-Migdisova p. 14 |
| 2011 | Psyllidae Drohojowska p. 42 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
