Aphalaridae

Aphalaridae is a bug family in the superfamily Psylloidea, with a worldwide distribution.^[1][2]

Aphalaridae
Adult Cardiaspina fiscella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Sternorrhyncha
Superfamily:	Psylloidea
Family:	Aphalaridae Löw, 1879

Description

The metatibia have an open crown of sclerotised apical spurs.^[3]

Taxonomy

This family was previously thought to contain five subfamilies, but in a recent (2021) review,^[4] the following were identified:

1. Aphalarinae Löw, 1879
2. Cecidopsyllinae Li, 2011
   1. Cecidopsylla Kieffer, 1905
3. Microphyllurinae Burckhardt, Ouvrard & Percy, 2021
   1. Microphyllurus Li, 2002
4. Phacopteroninae Heslop-Harrison, 1958
5. Rhinocolinae Vondráček, 1957
6. Spondyliaspidinae Schwarz, 1898
7. Togepsyllinae Bekker-Migdisova, 1973

Overview of genera

BioLib^[5] includes:

1. Agelaeopsylla Taylor, 1990
2. Agonoscena Enderlein, 1914
3. Ameroscena Burckhardt & Lauterer, 1989
4. Anoeconeossa Taylor, 1987
5. Anomalopsylla Tuthill, 1952
6. Aphalara Förster, 1848
7. Apsylla Crawford, 1912
8. Australopsylla Tuthill & Taylor, 1955
9. Blastopsylla Taylor, 1985
10. Blepharocosta Taylor, 1992
11. Boreioglycaspis Moore, 1964
12. Brachystetha Loginova, 1964
13. Caillardia Bergevin, 1931
14. Cardiaspina Crawford, 1911
15. Cerationotum Burckhardt & Lauterer, 1989
16. Colposcenia Enderlein, 1929
17. Craspedolepta Enderlein, 1921
18. Crastina Loginova, 1964
19. Creiis Scott, 1882
20. Crucianus Burckhardt & Lauterer, 1989
21. Cryptoneossa Taylor, 1990
22. Ctenarytaina Ferris & Klyver, 1932
23. Dasypsylla Froggatt, 1900
24. Epheloscyta Loginova, 1976
25. Eriopsylla Froggatt, 1901
26. Eucalyptolyma Froggatt, 1901
27. Eumetoecus Loginova, 1961
28. Eurhinocola Crawford, 1912
29. Eurotica Loginova, 1962
30. Glycaspis Taylor, 1960
31. Gyropsylla Brèthes, 1921
32. Hodkinsonia Burckhardt, Esperito-Santo, Fernandes & Malenovský, 2004
33. Hyalinaspis Taylor, 1960
34. Kenmooreana Taylor, 1984
35. Lanthanaphalara Tuthill, 1959
36. Lasiopsylla Froggatt, 1900
37. Leptospermonastes Taylor, 1987
38. Leurolophus Tuthill, 1942
39. Limataphalara Hodkinson, 1992
40. Lisronia Loginova, 1976
41. Megagonoscena Burckhardt & Lauterer, 1989
42. Moraniella Loginova, 1972
43. Neaphalara Brown & Hodkinson, 1988
44. Notophyllura Hodkinson, 1986
45. Phellopsylla Taylor, 1960
46. Phyllolyma Scott, 1882
47. Platyobria Taylor, 1987
48. Rhinocola Förster, 1848
49. Rhodochlanis Loginova, 1964
50. Rhombaphalara Loginova, 1964
51. Rhusaphalara Park & Lee, 1982
52. Spondyliaspis Signoret, 1879
53. Syncarpiolyma Froggatt, 1901
54. Syncoptozus Enderlein, 1918
55. Tainarys Brèthes, 1920
56. Togepsylla Kuwayama, 1931
57. Xenaphalara Loginova, 1961

extinct genera

1. Eogyropsylla Klimaszewski, 1993 †
2. Necropsylla Scudder, 1890 †
3. Paleopsylloides Bekker-Migdisova, 1985 †
4. Proeurotica Bekker-Migdisova, 1985 †
5. Protoscena Klimaszewski, 1997 †