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Psylla

Insecta - Hemiptera - Psyllidae

Taxonomy

Psylla was named by Geoffroy (1762). It is extant. It is the type genus of Psylloidea, Psyllidae, Psyllinae.

It was assigned to Hemiptera by Geoffroy (1762), Müller (1776) and Latreille (1796); to Gallinsecta by Latreille (1802); to Psyllidae by Cockerell (1915); and to Psyllinae by Becker-Migdisova (1964) and Burckhardt et al. (2021).

Species

P. abdominalis, P. cotoneasteris, P. klapaleki, P. praevia, P. propinqua, P. pulchra, P. rhombifera, P. saliceti, P. sorbi, P. stavropolitana, P. ulmi, P. vasiljevi

Synonyms

Chermes was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was replaced with Psylla by Eastop (1963).

It was assigned to Proboscidea by Scopoli (1763); to Diptera by Schaeffer (1766); to Ryngota by Fabricius (1775); and to Hemiptera by Linnaeus (1758), Linnaeus (1761), Geoffroy (1762), Müller (1764), Linnaeus (1767), Müller (1776) and Latreille (1796).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1758	Chermes Linnaeus p. 453
1761	Chermes Linnaeus p. 262
1762	Psylla Geoffroy p. 482
1762	Chermes Geoffroy p. 498
1763	Chermes Scopoli p. 139
1764	Chermes Müller p. 30
1766	Chermes Schaeffer
1767	Chermes Linnaeus p. 737
1775	Chermes Fabricius p. 740
1776	Psylla Müller p. 109
1776	Chermes Müller p. 111
1796	Psylla Latreille p. 93
1796	Chermes Latreille p. 94
1802	Psylla Latreille p. 266
1915	Psylla Cockerell p. 487
1964	Psylla Becker-Migdisova p. 18
2021	Psylla Burckhardt et al. p. 170

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Clareocercaria
—	Acercaria	()
superorder	Pancondylognatha
—	Condylognatha
order	Hemiptera
suborder	Sternorrhyncha	()
—	Psylliformes
superfamily	Psylloidea	Latreille 1807
family	Psyllidae	Latreille 1807
subfamily	Psyllinae	Latreille 1807
genus	Psylla

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Psylla Geoffroy 1762

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Psylla abdominalis Meyer-Dur 1871

Psylla cotoneasteris Loginova 1964

Psylla klapaleki Sulc 1909

Psylla praevia Loginova 1964

Psylla propinqua Schaefer 1949

Psylla pulchra Zetterstedt 1838

Psylla rhombifera Loginova 1964

Psylla saliceti Förster 1848

Psylla sorbi Linnaeus 1767

†Psylla stavropolitana Becker-Migdisova 1964

Psylla ulmi Förster 1848

Psylla vasiljevi Sulc 1909

Invalid names: Chermes Linnaeus 1758 [replaced]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

chitinc

Environment:

terrestrialc

Locomotion:

actively mobilep

Created:

2017-04-17 09:56:18

Modified:

2017-04-17 09:56:18

Source: c = class, p = phylum

References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Middle Miocene or 15.97000 to 11.60800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.608 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Russian Federation (Stavropol)	P. saliceti (149659)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Russian Federation	P. abdominalis, P. praevia, P. propinqua, P. saliceti, P. klapaleki, P. sorbi, P. vasiljevi, P. cotoneasteris, P. stavropolitana, P. pulchra (125989) P. saliceti, P. pulchra (149658) P. sp. (125990) P. sp., P. rhombifera, P. propinqua, P. saliceti, P. sorbi, P. cotoneasteris, P. stavropolitana, P. ulmi, P. pulchra (125988)