Cinara (Cinara) confinis Koch, 1856

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 : 22

Cinara (Cinara) confinis Koch, 1856

Figs 50–52

Diagnosis

Siphunculi short and raised on cones. Aptera 3.8 – 7.5 mm, dark brown to brownish black with a bronzy sheen, legs predominantly black. Venter and segment borders thinly wax-dusted. Siphunculi short, raised on cones. Holocyclic and monoecious on Abies . Forming colonies, often dense, on young parts of trunks and underside of branches. Sometimes ant-attended.

Recorded hosts

Pinaceae : Abies alba , balsamea , cephalonica , concolor , grandis , holophylla *, lasiocarpa , nordmanniana , pindrow , procera , sibirica *, spp.

Recorded attendant ants

Formicinae : Formica rufa *.

Distribution

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Figures

Fig. 50. Cinara (Cinara) confinis Koch, 1856. Colony on underside of branch of Abies sibirica.

Fig. 51. Cinara (Cinara) confinis Koch, 1856. Colony on branch of Abies sibirica. Needles strongly infested by Adelges (Aphrastasia) pectinatae (Cholodkovsky, 1888).

Fig. 52. Cinara (Cinara) confinis Koch, 1856 on young Abies sibirica. Colonies on 1–2 year-old parts of main shoot, attended by Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761. B–C. Needles with brown spots and overwintered nymphs from the previous year’s infestation of Adelges (Aphrastasia) pectinatae (Cholodkovsky, 1888)