Illustrated identification guide to the Nordic aphids feeding on Conifers (Pinophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Sternorhyncha, Aphidomorpha)
Author
Albrecht, Anders Christian
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2017
2017-07-24
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Prociphilus (Prociphilus) bumeliae
(Schrank, 1801)
Fig. 40
Diagnosis
Apterae about
2.9 mm
, covered with wax wool. Two pairs of wax gland plates on head, of which the posterior ones better developed than the anterior. A narrow pale subapical zone on RIV+V present. Diagnosis based on
Heie (2004)
. Holocyclic and dioecious, alternating between ash
Fraxinus excelsior
(sometimes other
Oleaceae
such as
Ligustrum
and
Syringa
) and
Abies
, where it feeds in wax-covered colonies on the roots. Not ant-attended.
Recorded secondary hosts
Pinaceae
:
Abies alba
,
veitchii
, spp.
Distribution
D F S.