Calophyidae is a bug family in the superfamily Psylloidea.

Subfamilies and genera

In a recent (2021) review,[2] the following subfamilies were confirmed:

Atmetocraniinae

Authority: Becker-Migdisova, 1973

  1. Atmetocranium Tuthill, 1952

Calophyinae

Authority: Vondráček, 1957; synonyms: Microceropsyllini Bekker-Migdisova, 1973, Strogylocephalidae Li, 2011

  1. Calophya Löw, 1879`type genus (syn. Calophya (Neocalophya), Holotrioza, Microceropsylla, Paracalophya, Pelmatobrachia)
  2. Pseudoglycaspis Brown & Hodkinson, 1988
  3. Strogylocephala Crawford, 1917 (syn. Synaphalara)

Metapsyllinae

Authority: Kwon, 1983

  1. Metapsylla Kuwayama, 1908

Symphorosinae

Authority: Li, 2002

  1. Symphorosus Li, 2002
Note

Mastigimatidae

Four genera are now placed in the restored family Mastigimatidae Bekker-Migdisova, 1973,[2] but currently (February 2025) remain here in most databases. They include:

  1. Bharatiana Mathur, 1973 - Asia
  2. Mastigimas Enderlein, 1921 - Americas
  3. Synpsylla Yang, 1984 - monotypic S. wendlandiae Yang, 1984
  4. Toonapsylla Burckhardt, Sharma & Raman, 2018 - monotypic T. cedrelae (Kieffer, 1905)

References

  1. ^ Vondráček K (1957) Mery-Psylloidea (Fauna ČSR, Svazek 9). Československá Akademie Věd, Praha.
  2. ^ a b Burckhardt D, Ouvrard D, Percy DM (2021) An updated classification of the jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) integrating molecular and morphological evidence. European Journal of Taxonomy 736: 137–182. DOI
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