Anotaciones sobre la historia natural de Euphalerus championi laing (homoptera psyllidae) en Alajuela, Costa Rica

Abstract

La súper familia Psylloidea la conforma un grupo de pequeños homópteros del suborden Sternorrhyncha, que miden de uno a ocho milímetros de longitud. Son chupadores de savia floema que se caracterizan por las patas citado posteriores adaptadas para saltar (Eastop, 1978). Son probablemente un grupo cercano a Aleyroidea. Los siloideos presentan una amplia distribución y de acuerdo con D. Hollis, unas 2500 especies han sido descritas y existen unas 5000 sin describir. No obstante datos sobre los estados larvales solo existen para unos cientos de especies.

The super family Psylloidea is made up of a group of small homopterans of the suborder Sternorrhyncha, which measure from one to eight millimeters in length. They are suckers of phloem sap that are characterized by the aforementioned hind legs adapted for jumping (Eastop, 1978). They are probably a group close to Aleyroidea. The siloids present a wide distribution and according to D. Hollis, about 2,500 species have been described and there are about 5,000 undescribed. However, data on larval stages only exist for a few hundred species.