Mindarus obliquus (Cholodkovsky, 1896)

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 : 14

Mindarus obliquus (Cholodkovsky, 1896)

Fig. 27

Diagnosis

Aptera 1.0– 1.9 mm, pale yellowish green, with wax dusting, fine wax wool and thick, irregularly bent wax filaments yellowish green, very similar to M. abietis on Abies .

Three generations per year: fundatrix, al. and apterous progeny of the fundatrix and dwarfish sexuales. Holocyclic, monoecious on Picea . Colonies between needles of young shoots, not causing deformation. Sometimes attended by ants.

Recorded hosts

Pinaceae Picea engelmannii , glauca *, mariana , omorika , sitchensis , spp. (but not abies ).

Recorded attendant ants

Formicinae : Lasius niger *.

Distribution

D F N S.

A14 (A12 A13) Siphunculi present as large pores elevated on obtuse cones ........ Cinara Curtis, 1835

Figures

Fig. 27. Mindarus obliquus (Cholodkovsky, 1896), small colonies on Picea glauca. Apterae and young alatae (with wing pads). The ant in B is Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758). Scale bars: 1 mm.