Illustrated identification guide to the Nordic aphids feeding on Conifers (Pinophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Sternorhyncha, Aphidomorpha) Albrecht, Anders Christian European Journal of Taxonomy 2017 2017-07-24 338 1 160 9GPBS 1878995 (Mordvilko, 1895) Mordvilko 1895 [546,1041,1155,1182] Insecta Aphididae Cinara GBIF Animalia Hemiptera 36 37 Arthropoda species pinea Cinara   Figs 101–103, 87B    Diagnosis Apterae 3–5 mm, orange-brown, red-brown, dark brown to almost black with conspicuous wax pattern and numerous brown or blackish, roundish, hair-bearing sclerites. Legs with at least knees and hind tarsi fuscous. Hairs long and thin, also on abdominal dorsum, those on legs more or less upright, on tibiae as long as or longer than width of tibia. Holocyclic, monoecious on  Pinus. A very variable species, and probably there are more than one species involved (as also suggested by Blackman & Eastop (2015)). Mostly in open habitats: forest margins, clearings, dunes, rocks, dry meadows etc. On young shoots, terminal twigs, cone and flower bases. In spring often in dense colonies, later on usually in small groups. Almost invariably attended by ants.    Recorded hosts  Pinaceae:  Pinus banksiana*,  mugo*,  nigra,  pinea,  ponderosa,  sibirica,  sylvestris*, spp.   Recorded attendant ants  Formicinae:  Camponotus herculeanus*,  ligniperda*;  Formica aquilonia*,  cinerea*,  fusca*,  lemani*,  pressilabris*,  polyctena*,  rufa*,  truncorum*;  Lasius niger*,  platythorax*.Myrmicinae:  Myrmica rubra*,  ruginodis*.    Distribution D F N S.