Identification guide to Nordic aphids associated with mosses, horsetails and ferns (Bryophyta, Equisetophyta, Polypodiophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Aphidoidea)
Author
Albrecht, Anders Christian
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2015
2015-10-21
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journal article
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10.5852/ejt.2015.145
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Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae
(Linnaeus, 1761)
Fig. 33
Diagnosis
Aptera
1.5–2.5 mm
, brown to olive, dusted with greyish wax, particularly on venter and margins, including legs and antennae. Siph. swollen, with a distinct constriction before the apical flange. Holocyclic, dioecious, alternating between
Prunus
and many unrelated, mostly aquatic or semiaquatic plants. Not ant-attended.
Fig. 33.
Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae
(Linnaeus, 1761)
. Aptera on
Myripohyllum spicatum
.
Recorded Pteridophyta hosts
Marsileaceae
:
Marsilea quadrifolia
,
M. strigosa
;
Salviniaceae
:
Azolla caroliniana
,
A. filiculoides
,
Salvinia auriculatia
,
S. natans
.
Distribution
D F N S.