Cinara (Cupressobium) tujafilina (Del Guercio, 1909)

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 : 43

Cinara (Cupressobium) tujafilina (Del Guercio, 1909)

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Diagnosis

Apterae 1.5–3.2 mm, reddish-brown with a whitish dorsal wax coating, leaving two longitudinal stripes and parts of the area around siphunculi bare and shining. Mostly anholocyclic ( Blackman & Eastop 1994) on various Cupressaceae . Tibiae dark only at apices. On foliated and bare branches, wounds, roots. Attended by ants.

Recorded hosts

Cupressaceae : Chamaecyparis lawsoniana ; Cupressus sp.; Juniperus , chinensis , communis , procumbens , virginiana , spp.; Thuja occidentalis ; Thujopsis dolabrata .

Recorded attendant ants

Formicinae : Lasius niger .

Distribution

Almost cosmopolitan. Not yet recorded from North Europe.

F5 (F2 F6) Siphunculi conical, 1.5–2 times as long as wide............ Brachycaudus van der Goot, 1913

Figures

Fig. 118. Cinara (Cupressobium) tujafilina (Del Guercio, 1909) on young growth of Thuja occidentalis, attended by Lasiusniger(Linnaeus, 1758).Photo CarlosDelgado (CCBYSA 3.0,http://creativecommons. org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, downloaded 12 Nov. 2015 via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lasius_ niger_y_Cinara_tujafilina_en_Thuja_orientalis.jpg#filelinks).