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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VCVW
(Cholodkovsky, 1896)
Cholodkovsky
1896
[503,1084,1288,1315]
Insecta
Aphididae
Cinara
GBIF
Animalia
Hemiptera
15
16
Arthropoda
species
piceicola
Cinara
Figs 38–39
Diagnosis Apterae 2–4.2 mm, grey-green, olive or pale brown with darker head and thorax and two longitudinal darker stripes. Siphuncular cones small, inconspicuous. Holocyclic, monoecious on Picea. Colonies on lignified shoots and branches, on tall as well as small spruces, in summer also on subterraneous parts. Often at ground level on dwarfish spruces on sandy ground at roadsides and ditch margins. Usually antattended.
Recorded hosts Pinaceae: Picea abies*, glauca, orientalis, pungens, sitchensis, spp. Recorded attendant ants Formicinae: Formica aquilonia*, lugubris*, pratensis*, sanguinea*, truncorum*; Lasius fuliginosus*, niger*.Myrmicinae: Myrmica rubra*.
Distribution D F N S.
A15 (A3) Aphidson roots of Picea................................................................................................A16 A16 (A17) Apterae 2–6 mm, with brown, green or blackish colours; siphunculi present as pores elevated on cones. On thick roots, usually ant-attended ...................................................... ................................................................ CinaraCurtis, 1835go to entry point A14 (p. 14) A17 (A16) Apterae 0.5–2 mm, whitish, pale green or yellowish, exuding abundant white wax wool; siphunculi absent. On thin mycorrhizal root ends, not attended by ants .............................. .............................................................................................. EriosomatinaeKirkaldy, 1905