Aphalaridae

Burckhardt, Daniel & Ouvrard, David, 2012, A revised classification of the jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea), Zootaxa 3509, pp. 1-34 : 8

Aphalaridae , sensu novo

Aphalarinae Löw, 1879: 606 .

Diagnosis: Adult metatibia with an open crown of sclerotised apical spurs (sometimes grouped). Larva without or with lobed tarsal arolium lacking unguitractor.

Internal phylogeny: The Aphalaridae contains five probably monophyletic subfamilies. Adult Rhinocolinae , Spondyliaspidinae and Togepsyllinae lack a horn-shaped meracanthus, which is usually tubercular but sometimes knob-like. This may constitute a synapomorphy grouping the three subfamilies. In Aphalarinae and Pachypsyllinae the meracanthus is well-developed and horn-shaped.