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Published October 21, 2015 | Version v1
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Paracletus cimiciformis von Heyden 1837

Description

Paracletus cimiciformis von Heyden, 1837

Fig. 31

Diagnosis

Aptera 2.2–3.4 mm, broadly oval, flattened, rather shining cream with brown legs and antennae. Dioecious, alternating between leaf galls on Pistacia and roots of grasses and herbs. In N. Europe anholocyclic, normally feeding on grass (Poaceae). In xerothermic habitats. Lives in association with ants, usually Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758).

Distribution

F S.

Recorded Pteridophyta host

Equisetaceae: Equisetum arvense.

Notes

Published as part of Albrecht, Anders Christian, 2015, Identification guide to Nordic aphids associated with mosses, horsetails and ferns (Bryophyta, Equisetophyta, Polypodiophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Aphidoidea), pp. 1-55 in European Journal of Taxonomy 145 on pages 37-39, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2015.145, http://zenodo.org/record/3787410

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Aphididae
Genus
Paracletus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Aphidomorpha
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
von Heyden
Species
cimiciformis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Paracletus cimiciformis Heyden, 1837 sec. Albrecht, 2015