Illustrated identification guide to the Nordic aphids feeding on Conifers (Pinophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Sternorhyncha, Aphidomorpha)
Author
Albrecht, Anders Christian
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2017
2017-07-24
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Cinara (Cinara) pruinosa
(Hartig, 1841)
Figs 34–37
Diagnosis
Apterae 3–5.0 mm, olive or brown with dark green to black marking bands interrupted by transverse streaks and patches of wax dust. Often with metallic sheen. Adults with large black siphuncular cones. Holocyclic, monoecious on
Picea
. Colonies on branch undersides, shoots and trunks, later in summer also on roots. Usually ant-attended.
Recorded hosts
Pinaceae
:
Picea abies
*
,
glauca
,
orientalis
,
pungens
,
sitchensis
,
tianschanica
, spp.
Recorded attendant ants
Formicinae
:
Formica aquilonia
*
,
lugubris
*
,
polyctena
*
,
truncorum
*
;
Lasius niger
*.
Myrmicinae:
Myrmica rubra
*
,
ruginodis
*
.
Distribution
D F N S.