Cinara (Cinara) piniphila (Ratzeburg, 1844)

Albrecht, Anders Christian, 2017, Illustrated identification guide to the Nordic aphids feeding on Conifers (Pinophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Sternorhyncha, Aphidomorpha), European Journal of Taxonomy 338, pp. 1-160 : 38

Cinara (Cinara) piniphila (Ratzeburg, 1844)

Figs 104–105

Diagnosis

Aptera 2.5–4 mm. Similar to C. pinea but hairs much shorter, particularly on abdominal dorsum (not longer than 0.1 mm), those on femora and tibiae oblique, about half as long as width of tibia. Dorsal hair-bearing sclerites fewer than in C. pinea . Holocyclic, monoecious on Pinus . In Finland found on young pines in costal dunes, attended by Formica cinerea . Feeding among needles on young shoots and 1–2 year-old twigs.

Recorded hosts

Pinaceae : Pinus sylvestris *.

Recorded attendant ants

Formicinae : Formica cinerea *.

Distribution

F.

Figures

Fig. 104. Cinara (Cinara) piniphila (Ratzeburg, 1844). Freeze-dried specimens.

Fig. 105. Cinara (Cinara) piniphila (Ratzeburg, 1844). Aptera (from Pintera 1966, redrawn).