Identification guide to Nordic aphids associated with mosses, horsetails and ferns (Bryophyta, Equisetophyta, Polypodiophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Aphidoidea)
Albrecht, Anders Christian
European Journal of Taxonomy
2015
2015-10-21
145
1
55
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Linnaeus
1758
[602,1061,482,509]
Insecta
Aphididae
Rhopalosiphum
Animalia
Aphidomorpha
30
31
Arthropoda
species
padi
Fig. 25
Diagnosis Aptera 1–2.4 mm, olive mottled with darker green. Siphuncular area and often also tip of abdomen rust-red. Juveniles paler, matt, with thin wax dusting. Siphunculus almost straight, longer than cauda, with subapical constriction and apical flange. Dioecious, alternating between Prunusand graminoids ( Poaceae, Cyperaceae, Juncaceae), rarely on other hosts, exceptionally on Equisetum.Recorded from E. sylvaticum.
Distribution D N F Fa I S.