Cinara (Cinara) pruinosa (Hartig, 1841)

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 : 16

Cinara (Cinara) pruinosa (Hartig, 1841)

Figs 34–37

Diagnosis

Apterae 3–5.0 mm, olive or brown with dark green to black marking bands interrupted by transverse streaks and patches of wax dust. Often with metallic sheen. Adults with large black siphuncular cones. Holocyclic, monoecious on Picea . Colonies on branch undersides, shoots and trunks, later in summer also on roots. Usually ant-attended.

Recorded hosts

Pinaceae : Picea abies *, glauca , orientalis , pungens , sitchensis , tianschanica , spp.

Recorded attendant ants

Formicinae : Formica aquilonia *, lugubris *, polyctena *, truncorum *; Lasius niger *. Myrmicinae: Myrmica rubra *, ruginodis *.

Distribution

D F N S.

Figures

Fig. 34. Cinara (Cinara) pruinosa (Hartig, 1841). Colony on underside of branch of Picea abies, attended by Formica aquilonia Yarrow, 1955. Adult and juvenile apterae.

Fig. 35. Cinara (Cinara) pruinosa (Hartig, 1841). Colony on underside of branch of Picea abies, attended by Formica aquilonia Yarrow, 1955 (D). Adult apterae, juvenile apterae and alatae.

Fig. 36. Cinara (Cinara) pruinosa (Hartig, 1841) on Picea abies. A. Branch with colony and attendant Formica aquilonia Yarrow, 1955 on underside. B–C. Adult and juvenile apterae. The dark individuals are parasitized. D. Adult aptera. E. Full-grown juvenile aptera.

Fig. 37. Cinara (Cinara) pruinosa (Hartig, 1841) on Picea abies. A. Adult and juvenile apterae, including teneral adults. B. Fundatrix with juvenile apterae. C. Juvenile and adult fundatrix, attended by Formica aquilonia Yarrow, 1955. D–E. Alatae with newly founded colonies.