Homotomidae was a family of small phloem-feeding bugs in the superfamily of jumping plantlice, but recently (2021) subsumed to the subfamily Homotominae in the family Carsidaridae.
Hostplants The species in this family feed almost exclusively on plants of the Moraceae genus Ficus. The only exception is the genus Triozamia, with its three species feeding on different varieties of Antiaris toxicaria, also in the Moraceae family.
Systematics Hollis & Broomfield (1989) propose the following classification within Homotomidae:
subfamily Dynopsyllinae Becker-Migdisova, 1973 tribe Diceraopsyllini Hollis & Broomfield, 1989 Diceraopsylla Crawford, 1912 (1 sp.) tribe Dynopsyllini Becker-Migdisova, 1973 subtribe Dynopsyllina Becker-Migdisova, 1973 Dynopsylla Crawford, 1913 (3 spp.) Austrodynopsylla Hollis & Broomfield, 1989 (1 sp.) subtribe Triozamiina Becker-Migdisova, 1973 Triozamia Vondráček, 1963 (3 spp.) Afrodynopsylla Hollis & Broomfield, 1989 (1 sp.) subfamily Macrohomotominae White & Hodkinson, 1985 tribe Edenini Bhanotar, Ghosh & Ghosh, 1972 Mycopsylla Froggatt, 1901 (9 spp.) tribe Macrohomotomini White & Hodkinson, 1985 Macrohomotoma Kuwayama, 1908 (14 spp.) Pseudoeriopsylla Newstead, 1911 (6 spp.) subfamily Homotominae Heslop-Harrison, 1958 tribe Homotomini Heslop-Harrison, 1958 Homotoma Guérin-Méneville, 1844 (31 spp.) tribe Synozini Becker-Migdisova, 1973 Synoza Enderlein, 1918 (3 spp.)
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