Cinara (Cinara) pilosa (Zetterstedt, 1840)

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 : 37

Cinara (Cinara) pilosa (Zetterstedt, 1840)

Figs 99–100

Diagnosis

Apterae 3–5 mm, yellowish to reddish brown, sometimes with two longitudinal olive-green streaks dorsally. Wax pattern fairly weak but conspicuous. Hairs very long, on dorsum mostly standing in roundish sclerites. Hairs on femora and tibiae originating from small dark spots. Holocyclic, monoecious on Pinus . Found in open forests on sand or rock, forest margins etc., clearly preferring old pine trees. Usually singly or adults surrounded by a few young on twigs, buds, flower and cone axils etc. Sometimes attended by ants.

Recorded hosts

Pinaceae : Pinus mugo *, nigra , sylvestris *.

Recorded attendant ants

Formicinae : Lasius niger *; Myrmicinae: Myrmica rubra *.

Distribution

F N S [NOR: Fn, Alta, Hjemmeluft, 69°55' N 23°6' E, Aug. 3. 1992, open pine forest, Pinus sylvestris , 1 al. viv. on needle, A. Albrecht leg. (A92-835)]. (See also Stekolshchikov & Kozlov 2012).

Figures

Fig. 99. Cinara (Cinara) pilosa (Zetterstedt, 1840). Apterae on old Pinus sylvestris. A–B. Small colony between and below male flowers, attended by Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758). C. Aptera on terminal bud. D. Aptera on needle in colony of Schizolachnus pineti.

Fig. 100. Cinara (Cinara) pilosa (Zetterstedt, 1840). Apterae (freeze-dried specimens).