Identification guide to Nordic aphids associated with mosses, horsetails and ferns (Bryophyta, Equisetophyta, Polypodiophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Aphidoidea)
Author
Albrecht, Anders Christian
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2015
2015-10-21
145
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journal article
22370
10.5852/ejt.2015.145
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Prociphilus bumeliae
(Schrank, 1801)
Diagnosis
Diagnosis based on
Heie (2004)
. Apterae about
2.9 mm
, wax-covered. Two pairs of wax gland plates on head. Posterior plates on head better developed than anterior ones. A narrow pale subapical zone on RIV+V distinct. Dioecious, alternating between ash
Fraxinus excelsior
(sometimes other
Oleaceae
) and fir
Abies
(
Pinaceae
), where it feeds in wax-covered colonies on the roots.
Distribution
D F S.