Cinara (Cinara) pinihabitans (Mordvilko, 1895)

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 : 36

Cinara (Cinara) pinihabitans (Mordvilko, 1895)

Figs 94–95

Diagnosis

Apterae 3–4.5 mm, fairly similar to C. pini but much denser and longer pubescent. Hairs on abdomen 0.1–0.2 mm, 40–50 present between the siphuncular sclerites. A transverse dull brown to black sclerite between the siphuncular cones and extending forwards along the spinal and pleural areas present, at least (always?) in the ovipara. Compare the short-haired C. nigritergi below. Holocyclic, monoecious on Pinus , forming colonies on old branches. Probably attended by ants.

Recorded hosts

Pinaceae : Pionus mugo , sylvestris *.

Distribution

F S.

Figures

Fig. 94. Cinara (Cinara) pinihabitans (Mordvilko, 1895). Oviparae on Pinus sylvestris.

Fig. 95. Cinara (Cinara) pinihabitans (Mordvilko, 1895). Ovipara (freeze-dried specimens).