Brachycaudus (Brachycaudus) helichrysi (Kaltenbach, 1843)

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 : 43-44

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2017.338
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:86786AB1-4A1A-4A1E-B42B-53B73D66ED60
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3851596
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039F8788-FFCA-FFE3-A8BE-FA391442417D
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Brachycaudus (Brachycaudus) helichrysi (Kaltenbach, 1843)
status

Treatment

Brachycaudus (Brachycaudus) helichrysi (Kaltenbach, 1843) View in CoL

Diagnosis

Aptera 1–1.8 mm, pale green, yellow or yellowish white, ovoid, slightly dorsoventrally flattened. Appendages apically darkened. Siphunculi conical, 1–1.5 times as long as wide. Holocyclic, dioecious, alternating between Prunus (Rosaceae) and Asteraceae and Boraginaceae . Cryptomeria is hardly a true host. Often attended by ants, but no record from conifers.

Recorded coniferous hosts

Cupressaceae : Cryptomeria japonica ?

Distribution

D F I N S.

F6 (F2 F5) Siphunculi parallel-sided, more than 4 times as long as wide .......... Myzus Passerini, 1860 View in CoL