Pineus (Pineus) orientalis (Dreyfus, 1889)

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 : 30

Pineus (Pineus) orientalis (Dreyfus, 1889)

Fig. 76

Diagnosis

Apterae indistinguishable from P. pini . Gallicolae similar to apterae of P. pini but larger (1.5–2.3 mm); marginal wax gland plates smaller, their facets smaller than the largest on head; anteriorly on abdomen the plates are as far or further apart than the width of the plates; the spinal plates on abdomen fused with the other plates on their segment. Sexupara indistinguishable from the alata of P. pini . Holocyclic, dioecious, alternating between Picea (see p. 7) and Pinus .

Scattered on twigs and shoots. Diagnosis mainly after Heie (2004).

Recorded secondary hosts

Pinaceae : Pinus mugo , sylvestris , spp.

Distribution

D F S.

Figures

Fig. 76. Pineus (Pineus) orientalis (Dreyfus, 1889). A. Aptera (after Inouye 1953, modified from Pashchenko 1988). B. Antenna of gallicola (after Annand 1928, modified).