Neomyzus circumflexus (Buckton, 1876)

Albrecht, Anders Christian, 2015, Identification guide to Nordic aphids associated with mosses, horsetails and ferns (Bryophyta, Equisetophyta, Polypodiophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Aphidoidea), European Journal of Taxonomy 145, pp. 1-55 : 37

Neomyzus circumflexus (Buckton, 1876)

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Diagnosis

Diagnosis based on Heie (2004). Rather similar to Aulacorthum solani . Whitish, yellow or green; abdomen with brown or black markings, usually including a horseshoe-shaped patch. Monoecious, polyphagous, apparently anholocyclic (sexuales not recorded).

Recorded Pteridophyta hosts

Equisetaceae : Equisetum arvense *; Aspleniaceae : Asplenium sp.; Dryopteridaceae : Cyrtomium falcatum , Polystichum lonchitis ; Nephrolepidaceae : Nephrolepis sp.; Onocleaceae : Matteuccia struthiopteris ; Polypodiaceae : Polypodium vulgare ; Pteridaceae : Adiantum sp.*; Salviniaceae : Salvinia auriculatia .

Distribution

D F N S, in Northern Europe mainly indoors.

Figures

Fig. 29. Neomyzus circumflexus (Buckton, 1876). Aptera. (from Dransfield & Brightwell 2015, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0, downloaded 30 Jun. 2015).