Definition of Family Psyllidae

1. Noun. Jumping plant lice.

Exact synonyms: Chermidae, Family Chermidae, Psyllidae
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Homoptera, Suborder Homoptera
Member holonyms: Jumping Plant Louse, Psylla, Psyllid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Psyllidae

family Pristidae
family Procaviidae
family Procellariidae
family Procyonidae
family Proteaceae
family Proteidae
family Prunellidae
family Pseudococcidae
family Pseudomonodaceae
family Psilophytaceae
family Psilotaceae
family Psittacidae
family Psocidae
family Psophiidae
family Psychodidae
family Psyllidae (current term)
family Pteridaceae
family Pteriidae
family Pteroclididae
family Pterodactylidae
family Ptilonorhynchidae
family Pucciniaceae
family Pulicidae
family Punicaceae
family Pygopodidae
family Pyralidae
family Pyralididae
family Pyrolaceae
family Pyrrhocoridae
family Pythiaceae

Literary usage of Family Psyllidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871), Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1881)
"family Psyllidae (Jumping Plant-lice). The species belonging to this interesting family have received very little attention from Entomologists generally, ..."

2. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1907)
"family Psyllidae. Jumping plant lice. The members of this family resemble the preceding to a great extent, but they are not so numerous. ..."

3. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia by Royal Society of South Australia (1896)
"On Some Australian Insects of the family Psyllidae," by WM Maskell, of Wellington, NZ ORDINARY MEETING, APRIL 5, 1898. PROF. TATE, FGS in the chair. ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1880)
"... Hemiptera,. sub-order Homoptera and family Psyllidae of Burmeister, their form and structure relate them closely to the common plant-lice, ..."

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