Cinara (Cinara) cuneomaculata (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 : 26-27

Cinara (Cinara) cuneomaculata (del Guercio, 1909)

Figs 66–68

Diagnosis

Aptera 2.3–4.5 mm, olive brown to dark purplish brown, subshining with a thin greyish wax bloom ventrally and also as a transverse pattern on dorsum, much like the pattern of C. laricis . Small, hairbearing sclerites absent. Holocyclic, monoecious on Larix . Found in forest margins, meadowland etc. In small colonies or scattered along young twigs (usually 0–2 years old). Often ant-attended.

Recorded hosts

Pinaceae : Larix decidua *, kaempferi *, laricina , sibirica *, spp.

Recorded attendant ants

Formicinae : Formica rufa *.

Distribution

D F S.

Figures

Fig. 66. Cinara (Cinara) cuneomaculata (del Guercio, 1909). Fundatrix with young (mostly alatae) on twig of Larix kaempferi, attended by Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761.

Fig. 67. Cinara (Cinara) cuneomaculata (del Guercio, 1909). A–D, F. Among needles of Larix sibirica. E. Among needles of L. kaempferi. Note the variation in the wax pattern.

Fig. 68. Cinara (Cinara) cuneomaculata (del Guercio, 1909) on Larix decidua in late autumn. A–B. Oviparae on old twigs and cones. C. Eggs between scales of old cone. Note the preanal wax ring of the oviparae and the wax powder on the eggs.