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
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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.