Published October 21, 2015 | Version v1
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Prociphilus bumeliae

Description

Prociphilus bumeliae (Schrank, 1801) Diagnosis

Diagnosis based on Heie (2004). Apterae about 2.9 mm, wax-covered. Two pairs of wax gland plates on head. Posterior plates on head better developed than anterior ones. A narrow pale subapical zone on RIV+V distinct. Dioecious, alternating between ash Fraxinus excelsior (sometimes other Oleaceae) and fir Abies (Pinaceae), where it feeds in wax-covered colonies on the roots.

Distribution

D F S.

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 page 29, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2015.145, http://zenodo.org/record/3787410

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Aphididae
Genus
Prociphilus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Aphidomorpha
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Schrank
Species
bumeliae
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Prociphilus bumeliae (Schrank, 1801) sec. Albrecht, 2015

References

  • Heie O. E. 2004. Bladlus 1 - 2. Danmarks Fauna 87. Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening, Kobenhavn.