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Cinara (Cinara) pruinosa

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Description

Cinara (Cinara) pruinosa (Hartig, 1841)

Figs 34–37

Diagnosis

Apterae 3–5.0 mm, olive or brown with dark green to black marking bands interrupted by transverse streaks and patches of wax dust. Often with metallic sheen. Adults with large black siphuncular cones. Holocyclic, monoecious on Picea. Colonies on branch undersides, shoots and trunks, later in summer also on roots. Usually ant-attended.

Recorded hosts

Pinaceae: Picea abies *, glauca, orientalis, pungens, sitchensis, tianschanica, spp.

Recorded attendant ants

Formicinae: Formica aquilonia *, lugubris *, polyctena *, truncorum *; Lasius niger *. Myrmicinae: Myrmica rubra *, ruginodis *.

Distribution

D F N S.

Notes

Published as part of Albrecht, Anders Christian, 2017, Illustrated identification guide to the Nordic aphids feeding on Conifers (Pinophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Sternorhyncha, Aphidomorpha), pp. 1-160 in European Journal of Taxonomy 338 on page 16, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.338, http://zenodo.org/record/3834349

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Hartig
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Aphididae
Genus
Cinara
Species
pruinosa
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Cinara (Cinara) pruinosa (Hartig, 1841) sec. Albrecht, 2017