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Platycorypha

Platycorypha is a genus of jumping plantlice in the family Psyllidae and typical of the recently (2021) erected subfamily Platycoryphinae. There are about 16 described species in Platycorypha, two of which are extinct, found in the Americas, southern Europe, and Africa.

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Platycorypha
Platycorypha erythrinae, Argentina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Psyllidae
Subfamily: Platycoryphinae
Genus: Platycorypha
Tuthill, 19451
Synonyms2

Neopsyllia

Platycorypha nigrivirga, Argentina source ↗

Platycorypha is a genus of jumping plantlice in the family Psyllidae and typical of the recently (2021) erected subfamily Platycoryphinae.2 There are about 16 described species in Platycorypha, two of which are extinct, found in the Americas, southern Europe, and Africa.3456

Species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility3 includes the following:

  1. Platycorypha amabilis (Caldwell, 1947)
  2. Platycorypha amazonica Burckhardt & Queiroz, 2020
  3. Platycorypha atrifrons Burckhardt & Queiroz, 2020
  4. Platycorypha cultrata Burckhardt & Queiroz, 2020
  5. Platycorypha erythrinae (Lizer, 1918) (Psilídeo da eritrina)
  6. Platycorypha fibris Burckhardt, 1987
  7. Platycorypha leptopeus Burckhardt & Queiroz, 2020
  8. Platycorypha magnifrons (Crawford, 1914)
  9. Platycorypha nigrivirga Burckhardt, 1987 (tipu psyllid)
  10. Platycorypha pinnata Burckhardt & Queiroz, 2020
  11. Platycorypha princeps Tuthill, 1945
  12. Platycorypha pycnopeus Burckhardt & Queiroz, 2020
  13. Platycorypha rostrata Burckhardt & Queiroz, 2020
  14. Platycorypha scalprata Burckhardt & Queiroz, 2020
  15. † Platycorypha carabeus (Klimaszewski, 1997)
  16. † Platycorypha olima (Klimaszewski, 1997)
References

References

  1. Tuthill LD (1945) Ent. News, 56.
  2. Burckhardt, Daniel; Ouvrard, David; Percy, Diana M. (2021). "An updated classification of the jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) integrating molecular and morphological evidence". European Journal of Taxonomy (736): 137–182. doi:10.5852/ejt.2021.736.1257.
  3. "GBIF, Platycorypha". Retrieved 2025-01-27.
  4. "BugGuide.net, Platycorypha species Information". Retrieved 2025-01-27.
  5. "Catalogue of Life, Platycorypha Tuthill, 1945". Retrieved 2025-01-27.
  6. Ouvrard, David (2015). "Psyl'list - The World Psylloidea Database" (Data Set). Natural History Museum. doi:10.5519/0029634. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
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