Cinara (Cinara) schimitscheki Börner, 1940

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 : 38

Cinara (Cinara) schimitscheki Börner, 1940

Fig. 106

Diagnosis

Apterae 4–4.7 mm, broadly oval and flattened, dark brown, covered with wax powder. Dorsal sclerites rounded, their diameter up to 30 µm. Dorsal hairs blunt, up to 85 µm. Antennal hairs fairly short, on segment 3 mostly shorter than the diameter of the segment. Holocyclic, monoecious on Pinus , usually P. nigra . Diagnosis based on Pintera (1966) and Scheurer (1976). In spring at twig apices among previous year’s needles, later on underside of older branches under bark flakes.

Recorded hosts

Pinaceae : Pinus mugo , nigra (usually), pinea .

Recorded attendant ants

Formicinae : Formica sanguinea ; Lasius niger , alienus ( Scheurer 1976) .

Distribution

Throughout Europe except in the north. Asia.

Figures

Fig. 106. Cinara (Cinara) schimitscheki Börner, 1940. Aptera (after Pintera 1966, redrawn).