Mindarus abietinus (Koch, 1857)

Albrecht, Anders Christian, 2017, Illustrated identification guide to the Nordic aphids feeding on Conifers (Pinophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Sternorhyncha, Aphidomorpha), European Journal of Taxonomy 338, pp. 1-160 : 21-22

Mindarus abietinus (Koch, 1857)

Figs 48–49 .

Diagnosis

Aptera 1.7–2.0 mm, pale green, with wax dusting, fine wax wool and thick, irregularly bent wax filaments. Alata pale green with transverse sclerites on abd. dorsum, body and appendages with short,

fine wax wool. Holocyclic, monoecious on Abies . In colonies between needles on young shoots. Only 3 generations per year. Sexuales dwarfish, in June–July. Not ant-attended.

Recorded hosts

Pinaceae : Abies alba , balsamea , cephalonica , concolor , grandis , homolepis , lasiocarpa , nordmanniana , pindrow , procera , sibirica *; Pseudotsuga menziesii .

Distribution

D F N S.

B8 (B1) Wax, if present, in the form of dusting, siphunculi present ..............................................B9 B9 (B10) Siphunculi present as pores raised on cones ........................................ Cinara Curtis, 1835

Figures

Fig. 48. Mindarus abietinus (Koch, 1857) on Abies sibirica. Colony on young shoot, mostly juvenile alatae.

Fig. 49. Mindarus abietinus (Koch, 1857). Adult alatae and young oviparae on needles of Abies sibirica.