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Family
 
Psyllidae (Psylloidea)
Sub Family
 
Description
 
a family of plant lice
Background to Family
 
The dominant family of the Psylloidea. All psyllids have five nymphal instars, mostly in an annual life cycle. Adult males and females are winged. Life histories vary according to the overwintering stage, either as an egg, nymph, or adult on the host plant, or as an adult on a 'shelter' plant (usually a woody evergreen). The hosts of the Psyllidae are mainly broadleaved trees and shrubs (especially Salix), including many leguminous species (Fabaceae). There are numerous pests- of which several are exotic species- on ornamental shrubs and trees, as well as on fruit trees outside Great Britain (Malus, Pyrus). As in other piercing bugs, psyllids may injure plants through direct feeding damage or the transmission of diseases.

 

 


No. taxa in DBIF
 
40
No. interactions
 
114
% interactions with British data
 
74%
No. records
 
135
% taxa with British data
 
90%
Notes
 
Data currently unassessed by a specialist for changes in nomenclature, new species to the British list, new interactions, errors in original sources, and misspellings.; Nymphs are host plant specific, but adults may occur on hosts that are unsuitable for oviposition and nymphal development. This is particularly the case in species which overwinter on 'shelter' plants The interactions for individual psyllid species on Bri;
Notes on Sources
 
Most recent source
 
1986

Below is a list of all sources for this family / sub-family contained within DBIF. Click on source name for a list of all records for this source.

 
Source
 
Hodkinson, I.D. & White, I.M.(1979) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects II:5A 1-98:55
Source
 
Hodkinson, I.D. & White, I.M.(1979) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects II:5A 1-98:56
Source
 
Hodkinson, I.D. & White, I.M.(1979) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects II:5A 1-98:10
Source
 
Hodkinson, I.D. & White, I.M.(1979) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects II:5A 1-98:61
Source
 
Hollis, D.(1978) Pl. Path. 3 149-149:149
Source
 
Lauterer, P.(1982) Cas. morav. Mus. Brne, Vedy Prin 67 133-162:140
Source
 
Hodkinson, I.D. & White, I.M.(1979) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects II:5A 1-98:57
Source
 
Hodkinson, I.D. & White, I.M.(1979) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects II:5A 1-98:35
Source
 
Lauterer, P.(1982) Cas. morav. Mus. Brne, Vedy Prin 67 133-162:138
Source
 
Crowson, R.A. (1977-08-03) Papillionaceae: :1
Source
 
Dreyer, W.(1984) Z. Angew. ent. 97 286-298:288
Source
 
Short, M.(1976) Advis. Leafl. Minist. Agric. Fish. Fd. :96 1-6:3
Source
 
Quamme, H.A.(1984) Fruit Var. J. 38:2 34-36:35
Source
 
Omole, M.M.(1978) Entomologist's mon. Mag. 114 244-244:244
Source
 
Hodkinson, I.D.(1984) Bull. SROP 32-44:41
Source
 
Hodkinson, I.D. & White, I.M.(1979) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects II:5A 1-98:33
Source
 
Hodkinson, I.D. & White, I.M.(1979) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects II:5A 1-98:88
Source
 
Reiter, W.(1986) Ber. nat.-med. Verein Innsbruck 73 169-186:0183
Source
 
Richens, R.H. (1983) Elm :64
Source
 
Hodkinson, I.D. & White, I.M.(1979) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects II:5A 1-98:40
Source
 
Burckhardt, D. & Hodkinson, I.D.(1986) Bull. Ent. Res. 76:1 119-132:127
Source
 
Hodkinson, I.D. & White, I.M.(1979) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects II:5A 1-98:58
Source
 
Short, M.(1976) Advis. Leafl. Minist. Agric. Fish. Fd. :96 1-6:1
Source
 
Lauterer, P.(1982) Cas. morav. Mus. Brne, Vedy Prin 67 133-162:139
Source
 
Sutton, R.D.(1984) J. anim. Ecol. 53:1 37-50:37
Source
 
Hodkinson, I.D. & White, I.M.(1979) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects II:5A 1-98:39
Source
 
Burckhardt, D. & Hodkinson, I.D.(1986) Bull. Ent. Res. 76:1 119-132:123
Source
 
Cross, J.V.(1983) Advis. Leafl. Minist. Agric. Fish. Fd. 2368 1-36:20

 

 

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