Prociphilus (Prociphilus) bumeliae (Schrank, 1801)

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 : 19

Prociphilus (Prociphilus) bumeliae (Schrank, 1801)

Fig. 40

Diagnosis

Apterae about 2.9 mm, covered with wax wool. Two pairs of wax gland plates on head, of which the posterior ones better developed than the anterior. A narrow pale subapical zone on RIV+V present. Diagnosis based on Heie (2004). Holocyclic and dioecious, alternating between ash Fraxinus excelsior (sometimes other Oleaceae such as Ligustrum and Syringa ) and Abies , where it feeds in wax-covered colonies on the roots. Not ant-attended.

Recorded secondary hosts

Pinaceae : Abies alba , veitchii , spp.

Distribution

D F S.

Figures

Fig. 40. Prociphilus (Prociphilus) bumeliae (Schrank, 1801). Young aptera from Abies root (after Heie 2004, redrawn).