Identification guide to Nordic aphids associated with mosses, horsetails and ferns (Bryophyta, Equisetophyta, Polypodiophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Aphidoidea)
Albrecht, Anders Christian
European Journal of Taxonomy
2015
2015-10-21
145
1
55
(Buckton, 1876)
Buckton
1876
[588,1075,370,397]
Insecta
Aphididae
Neomyzus
Animalia
Aphidomorpha
36
37
Arthropoda
species
circumflexus
Fig. 29
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: Aspleniumsp.; Dryopteridaceae: Cyrtomium falcatum, Polystichum lonchitis; Nephrolepidaceae: Nephrolepissp.; Onocleaceae: Matteuccia struthiopteris; Polypodiaceae: Polypodium vulgare; Pteridaceae: Adiantumsp.*; Salviniaceae: Salvinia auriculatia.
Distribution D F N S, in Northern Europe mainly indoors.