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

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