Family PHACOPTERONIDAE
Introduction
As presently described, this is a very small family of 22 species in three genera but many species await description. The family has a pan-tropical distribution with hostplants mainly in the Rutales (Anacardiaceae, Burseraceae, Meliaceae and Sapindaceae) but also in the Apocynaceae. Several species are gall-inducers and one, Cornegenapsylla sinica, develops on Longan in China and the Far East.
A single non-endemic genus, Pseudophacopteron, with several unidentified species is recorded from Australia.
There is no comprehensive publication on the family but the Central Americal species were covered by Brown & Hodkinson (1988).
General References
Brown, R.G. & Hodkinson, I.D. 1988. Taxonomy and ecology of the jumping plant-lice of Panama (Homoptera: Psylloidea). Entomonograph 9: 1-304