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Cinara (Cinara) brauni Borner 1940

Description

Cinara (Cinara) brauni Börner, 1940

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Diagnosis

Apterae 2.5–3.8 mm, golden brown covered with a dense, greyish wax powder, except for posterior part of dorsum which is shiny black. Holocyclic, monoecious on Pinus, sometimes anholocyclic (Binazzi & Roversi 1987). On 0–1 year-old twigs, usually attended by ants. Diagnosis based on Heie (1995), Blackman & Eastop (1994) and Dransfield & Brightwell (2015).

Recorded hosts

Pinaceae: Pinus nigra, rarely sibirica, sylvestris.

Recorded attendant ants

Formicinae: Formica rufa group.

Distribution

S.

Notes

Published as part of Albrecht, Anders Christian, 2017, Illustrated identification guide to the Nordic aphids feeding on Conifers (Pinophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Sternorhyncha, Aphidomorpha), pp. 1-160 in European Journal of Taxonomy 338 on pages 36-37, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.338, http://zenodo.org/record/3834349

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Aphididae
Genus
Cinara
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hemiptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Borner
Species
brauni
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Cinara (Cinara) brauni Borner, 1940 sec. Albrecht, 2017

References

  • Binazzi A. & Roversi P. F. 1987. Contributi alla conoscenza degli afidi delle conifere VIII. Modificazioni delle sclerotizzazioni dorsali dell'addome nel corso dell'anno solare in Cinara brauni Borner (Homoptera Aphidoidea Lachnidae). Redia 70: 51 - 75.
  • Heie O. E. 1995. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. Vol. 31: The Aphidoidea of Fennoscandia and Denmark VI. Aphidinae. Part 3 of Macrosiphini and Lachnidae. E. J. Brill, Leiden-New York-Koln.
  • Blackman R. L. & Eastop V. F. 1994. Aphids on the World's Trees. CAB International, Wallingford.
  • Dransfield B. & Brightwell B. 2015 - 2016. Aphid genera. Available from http: // influentialpoints. com / Gallery / Aphid _ genera. htm [accessed 31 May 2017].