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Eulachnus agilis

Description

Eulachnus agilis (Kaltenbach, 1843)

Fig. 82

Diagnosis

Apterae 1.5–2.2 mm, elongate, green, thinly wax-powdered, with numerous dark green or brown hair-bearing sclerites. Dorsal hairs 1.5–2 times as long as the diameter of their sclerite. Holocyclic,

monoecious on Pinus. Scattered on needles, rarely on twigs. E. agilis seems to prefer older trees and needles injured by Schizolachnus species. Not ant-attended.

Recorded hosts

Pinaceae: Pinus banksiana *, cembra, mugo *, nigra, sibirica, sylvestris *, spp.

Distribution

D F N 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 31-32, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.338, http://zenodo.org/record/3834349

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Aphididae
Genus
Eulachnus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hemiptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Kaltenbach
Species
agilis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Eulachnus agilis (Kaltenbach, 1843) sec. Albrecht, 2017