Prociphilus xylostei (De Geer, 1773)

Albrecht, Anders Christian, 2015, Identification guide to Nordic aphids associated with mosses, horsetails and ferns (Bryophyta, Equisetophyta, Polypodiophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Aphidoidea), European Journal of Taxonomy 145, pp. 1-55 : 27

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2015.145

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F6A3EA6C-9080-4DC7-9EF9-4C4DBEB4086F

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3793939

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FC8787-A50C-BF3F-FDBB-FA1F6164B632

treatment provided by

Carolina

scientific name

Prociphilus xylostei
status

 

Prociphilus xylostei (deGeer, 1773)

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Diagnosis

Apterae 1.2–2 mm, pale green with large wax gland plates (and wax tufts unless worn off) on head and abdomen. RIV+V = 0.2 × HT2, without pale subapical zone. Legs and antennae slender. Dioecious. Alternating between honeysuckle Lonicera (Caprifoliaceae) and thin, mycorrhizal Picea abies roots ( Pinaceae ), where the colonies are coated with wax wool and where the aphids may hibernate. P. xylostei apparently has a continuous anholocyclic population on spruce roots. Common in moss samples from spruce forests.

Distribution

D F N S.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Aphidomorpha

Family

Aphididae

Genus

Prociphilus

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