Heterotrioza

Heterotrioza Dobreanu & Manolache

From the excellent paper by Burckhardt & Ouvrard (2012), some notes on Triozidae:

“Comments: This is a species-rich, probably monophyletic family. In contrast, most of the genera are ill-defined and artificial, and the phylogenetic relationships between genera remain largely unknown. Here we do not use further subdivisions into subfamilies and tribes as none of the currently proposed groupings is supported by convincing characters. The use of the generic names varies greatly between authors. Here we list many genera as valid which are considered synonyms by some authors. This is particularly the case with genera synonymised with Trioza which is treated, by most authors, as an artificial receptacle for species not showing any particular morphological modifications. A sound phylogenetic analysis is required for obtaining a better base for a stable generic classification.”