Cinara (Cinara) nuda Mordvilko, 1895

Albrecht, Anders Christian, 2017, Illustrated identification guide to the Nordic aphids feeding on Conifers (Pinophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Sternorhyncha, Aphidomorpha), European Journal of Taxonomy 338, pp. 1-160 : 36

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

Figures

Fig. 96. Cinara (Cinara) nuda Mordvilko, 1895. Colony on trunk of young Pinus sylvestris, attended by Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758).

Fig. 97. Cinara (Cinara) nuda Mordvilko, 1895. Apterae (freeze-dried specimens).