A revised classification of the jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea)
Author
Burckhardt, Daniel
Author
Ouvrard, David
text
Zootaxa
2012
3509
1
34
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.209825
565e26ec-408a-414f-bd9b-e17df745aa30
1175-5326
209825
16A98DD0-D7C4-4302-A3B7-64C57768A
Aphalaridae
,
sensu
novo
Aphalarinae
Löw,
1879
:
606
.
Diagnosis: Adult metatibia with an open crown of sclerotised apical spurs (sometimes grouped). Larva without or with lobed tarsal arolium lacking unguitractor.
Internal phylogeny: The
Aphalaridae
contains five probably monophyletic subfamilies. Adult
Rhinocolinae
,
Spondyliaspidinae
and
Togepsyllinae
lack a horn-shaped meracanthus, which is usually tubercular but sometimes knob-like. This may constitute a synapomorphy grouping the three subfamilies. In
Aphalarinae
and
Pachypsyllinae
the meracanthus is well-developed and horn-shaped.