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Jumping Plant Lice (Psylloidea)

Although it's quite old, the main reference I use for these is the RES key to Psylloidea by Hodkinson & White. There's also an RES handbook covering nymphal stages, also by White & Hodkinson. The British Bugs website also has some really good information and photos of many species.

It can be quite difficult to get a good look at the shape of the genal cones on a specimen but this can become easier if you clear the specimen in potassium hydroxide solution first. Sometimes the male parameres are easier to see on a cleared specimen than a dried one and the same applies to the female terminalia - especially, as I have discovered recently, if you need to measure the proctiger as the key demands for some species. I generally get as far as I can with keying it before clearing though, as the process removes other characters such as colour.


Family Aphalaridae


Aphalara polygoni

Aphalara polygoni Aphalara polygoni Aphalara polygoni Aphalara polygoni

Aphalara polygoni Aphalara polygoni



Family Psyllidae


Broom Psyllid Arytaina genistae

Arytaina genistae Arytaina genistae Arytaina genistae Arytaina genistae

Arytaina genistae Arytaina genistae


Arytainilla spartiophila

Arytainilla spartiophila Arytainilla spartiophila Arytainilla spartiophila Arytainilla spartiophila

Arytainilla spartiophila Arytainilla spartiophila


Baeopelma foersteri

Baeopelma foersteri Baeopelma foersteri Baeopelma foersteri

Baeopelma foersteri Baeopelma foersteri


Cacopsylla ambigua

Cacopsylla ambigua Cacopsylla ambigua

Cacopsylla ambigua Cacopsylla ambigua


Cacopsylla brunneipennis

Cacopsylla brunneipennis

Cacopsylla brunneipennis


Cacopsylla melanoneura

Cacopsylla melanoneura Cacopsylla melanoneura Cacopsylla melanoneura Cacopsylla melanoneura

Cacopsylla melanoneura Cacopsylla melanoneura


Cacopsylla peregrina

Cacopsylla peregrina Cacopsylla peregrina Cacopsylla peregrina Cacopsylla peregrina

Cacopsylla peregrina Cacopsylla peregrina


Cacopsylla rhamnicola

Cacopsylla rhamnicola Cacopsylla rhamnicola Cacopsylla rhamnicola Cacopsylla rhamnicola

Cacopsylla rhamnicola Cacopsylla rhamnicola


Chamaepsylla hartigi

Chamaepsylla hartigi Chamaepsylla hartigi Chamaepsylla hartigi Chamaepsylla hartigi

Chamaepsylla hartigi Chamaepsylla hartigi


Psylla alni

Psylla alni Psylla alni Psylla alni Psylla alni

Psylla alni Psylla alni


Psyllopsis fraxinicola

Psyllopsis fraxinicola Psyllopsis fraxinicola Psyllopsis fraxinicola Psyllopsis fraxinicola

Psyllopsis fraxinicola Psyllopsis fraxinicola



Family Triozidae


Trioza galii

Trioza galii Trioza galii Trioza galii

Trioza galii Trioza galii


Trioza remota

Trioza remota Trioza remota Trioza remota Trioza remota

Trioza remota Trioza remota


Trioza centranthi

Trioza centranthi mine Trioza centranthi mine Trioza centranthi mine Trioza centranthi mine

Trioza centranthi mine Trioza centranthi mine


Trioza urticae

Trioza urticae Trioza urticae Trioza urticae Trioza urticae

Trioza urticae Trioza urticae