Cinara (Cinara) brauni Börner, 1940

Fig. 98

Diagnosis

Apterae 2.5–3.8 mm, golden brown covered with a dense, greyish wax powder, except for posterior part of dorsum which is shiny black. Holocyclic, monoecious on Pinus, sometimes anholocyclic (Binazzi & Roversi 1987). On 0–1 year-old twigs, usually attended by ants. Diagnosis based on Heie (1995), Blackman & Eastop (1994) and Dransfield & Brightwell (2015).

Recorded hosts

Pinaceae: Pinus nigra, rarely sibirica, sylvestris .

Recorded attendant ants

Formicinae: Formica rufa group.

Distribution

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