Cinara (Cinara) nuda Mordvilko, 1895

Figs 96–97

Diagnosis

Apterae 3–4 mm, shiny brown with a bronze sheen and two longitudinal patches or streaks, hardly wax-dusted at all. Dorsal hairs short, strong, erect. Found at forest margins, sea shores, sand dunes, pine plantations etc. Holocyclic, monoecious on Pinus sylvestris, forming large colonies on 2–8 year-old parts of trunks and basal branches, usually on young trees. Almost always attended by ants.

Recorded hosts

Pinaceae: Pinus mugo, nigra, sylvestris *.

Recorded attendant ants

Formicinae: Formica aquilonia *, cinerea *, fusca *, polyctena *, truncorum *; Lasius niger *, platythorax *.

Distribution

F S.

E9 (E8) Hind tarsus 1 long; its dorsal side ⅔ the length of the ventral or more ................................ ................................................................................................ Cinara (Cinara) Curtis, 1835