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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77LJV
(Cholodkovsky, 1888)
Cholodkovsky
1888
[507,1080,267,294]
Insecta
Adelgidae
Pineus
GBIF
Animalia
Hemiptera
30
31
Arthropoda
species
cembrae
Pineus
Figs 77–80
Diagnosis Apterae 0.5–0.8 mm, red-brown with blackish sclerites, covered in wax wool. Wax glands on cephaloprothoracic shield with closely packed, more or less polygonal facets; groups closest to ocelli usually with more than 40 facets. Holocyclic, dioecious, alternating between Picea(see p. 7) and Pinus. At least in Finlandalso anholocyclic on Pinus. Parks, forests, street plantations. Scattered on young shoots, twigs and cones, overwintering in bark crevices and under scales.
Recorded secondary hosts Pinaceae: Pinus cembra*, koraiensis, pumila, sibirica*.
Distribution F S.