Piceaphis Zhang, Chen, Zhong & Li 1999

Victor, Eastop, F. & Blackman, Roger L., 2005, Some new synonyms in Aphididae (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha), Zootaxa 1089, pp. 1-36 : 18

Piceaphis Zhang, Chen, Zhong & Li 1999 = Macrosiphoniella Del Guercio

The holotype of Piceaphis piceaphis , described from Picea sp. in NW China ( Zhang et al. 1999), has been examined and found to be a Macrosiphoniella , close to M. nitida Börner which feeds on Artemisia . Although Picea is unlikely to be a normal host, it is of interest to note that the somewhat similar species M. sejuncta , an Achillea feeder, was also originally described from a conifer, Cedrus libani (as Larix cedrus ; Walker 1848).