Illustrated identification guide to the Nordic aphids feeding on Conifers (Pinophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Sternorhyncha, Aphidomorpha)
Albrecht, Anders Christian
European Journal of Taxonomy
2017
2017-07-24
338
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VCZ3
Danielsson & Carter, 1993
Danielsson & Carter
1993
[417,1170,1625,1652]
Insecta
Aphididae
Cinara
GBIF
Animalia
Hemiptera
39
40
Arthropoda
species
smolandiae
Cupressobium
Figs 111–112
Diagnosis Apterae 3–4 mm, olive with a weak bronzy sheen and an evenly distributed thin grey wax dusting. Hairs on tibiae fairly short, on hind tibia not longer than 1.5 × width of tibia at middle. Hind tibia longer than 2.2 mm. Juveniles pinkish or olive brown with thinner wax coating and paler legs. Holocyclic, monoecious on Juniperus communis, forming colonies in bark crevices and old wounds caused by the rust fungus Gymnosporangium.Attended by ants.
Recorded hosts Cupressaceae: Juniperus communis*. Recorded attendant ants Formicinae: Camponotussp.; Formica polyctena*, sp.
Distribution F S.