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 2017-07-24 338 1 160 journal article 22023 10.5852/ejt.2017.338 be9f3ab9-3131-4e11-8d29-a94275ffaac9 2118-9773 3834349 86786AB1-4A1A-4A1E-B42B-53B73D66ED60 Cinara (Cinara) hyperophila (Koch, 1855) Figs 107–109 Diagnosis Apterae 2.5–3.5 mm , shiny dark brown to black with a metallic lustre, which especially in juveniles can be very conspicuous. Head, thorax and venter with a fairly thick grey wax dusting. A spinal wax streak, spreading along the segment borders is usually present, and adult apterae often with rounded presiphuncular wax patches. Legs and antennae predominantly dark brown to black. Abdominal hairs long, erect, most of them not originating from sclerites. Hairs on femora rather short, erect or semierect, those on tibiae short, oblique. Holocyclic, monoecious on Pinus . Found in forest margins, pine plantations, sea shore dunes etc. Forming small colonies on current year’s shoots, rarely on older. Usually on small pines. Often ant-attended. Recorded hosts Pinaceae : Pinus mugo , pinaster , sylvestris *. Recorded attendant ants Formicinae : Formica cinerea * , fusca * , polyctena * , rufa * , sanguinea * , truncorum * ; Lasius niger * , platythorax *. Distribution D F S. E10 (E4) Siphunculi elongate, tubular ................................................................................................. ............................................................. Elatobium Mordvilko, 1914 , Aphis Linnaeus, 1758