Macrosiphum dryopteridis (Holman, 1959)

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 : 43

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.3793987
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FC8787-A53C-BF0F-FDE9-FEA46100B2F8
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Macrosiphum dryopteridis (Holman, 1959)
status

Treatment

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Diagnosis

Aptera 2.5–4.2 mm, yellowish green (rarely bright green). Eyes black. Abd. dorsum sclerotised (but neither darkened nor distinctly glossy), segmental borders obliterated. Siphunculi slightly swollen distally. Ant. segment 3 with 0–10 rhinaria. RIV+V less than 0.14 mm. Holocyclic, monoecious. Shady places, parks, gardens, mixed and deciduous forests. Not ant-attended.

Recorded hosts

Athyriaceae : Athyrium distentifolium , A. filix-femina *; Cystopteridaceae : Gymnocarpium dryopteris , G. robertianum ; Dennstaedtiaceae : Pteridium aquilinum ; Dryopteridaceae : Dryopterix carthusiana *, D. cristata *, D. dilatata , D. filix-mas ; Polypodiaceae : Polypodium vulgare ; Thelypteridaceae : Phegopteris connectilis , Thelypteris palustris .