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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Cinara (Cinara) nuda
Mordvilko, 1895
Figs 96–97
Diagnosis
Apterae
3–4 mm
, shiny brown with a bronze sheen and two longitudinal patches or streaks, hardly wax-dusted at all. Dorsal hairs short, strong, erect. Found at forest margins, sea shores, sand dunes, pine plantations etc. Holocyclic, monoecious on
Pinus sylvestris
, forming large colonies on 2–8 year-old parts of trunks and basal branches, usually on young trees. Almost always attended by ants.
Recorded hosts
Pinaceae
:
Pinus mugo
,
nigra
,
sylvestris
*
.
Recorded attendant ants
Formicinae
:
Formica aquilonia
*
,
cinerea
*
,
fusca
*
,
polyctena
*
,
truncorum
*
;
Lasius niger
*
,
platythorax
*.
Distribution
F S.
E9 (E8) Hind tarsus 1 long; its dorsal side ⅔ the length of the ventral or more ................................ ................................................................................................
Cinara (Cinara)
Curtis, 1835