Pineus (Pineus) cembrae (Cholodkovsky, 1888)

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 : 7

Pineus (Pineus) cembrae (Cholodkovsky, 1888)

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Diagnosis

In or near galls on shoots. Abdomen of overwintering juv. fundatrix with spinal and pleural wax glands on all tergites. Adult fundatrix with spinopleural glands on terg. 1–3, 1–4 or 1–5, and well-developed marginal glands on terg. Al. gallicola 1.5–1.7 mm, dark red with abundant wax; primary rhinarium on ant. V not extending more than half-way around the segment. Gall 4–5 cm long, straight or bending the shoot tip and concentrating the protruding needles to one side. Holocyclic and dioecious, alternating between Picea and Pinus (see p. 30). Partly anholocyclic on Pinus .

Recorded primary hosts

Pinaceae : Picea abies (usually), glehnii , jezoensis , koraiensis , orientalis .

Distribution

F S.

Figures

Fig. 2. Pineus (Pineus) cembrae (Cholodkovsky, 1888). A–B. Galls on Picea abies (A after Francke-Grosmann 1938, redrawn; B after Shaposnikov, modified from Heie 2004). C–D. Gallicola (C) and sexupara (D), abdomen showing wax gland plates (after Börner 1908, modified from Heie 2004).