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Cinara, the conifer aphids or giant conifer aphids, is a genus of aphids in the family Aphididae. They are widespread in the Northern Hemisphere.
These aphids specialize on conifers in the pine and cypress families.[1]
Some species are pests that attack cultivated Christmas trees. The parasitoid wasp species in the genus Pauesia are specific to the genus.
Cinara cedri has been shown to host three symbionts: Buchnera aphidicola, a secondary symbiont, and bacteria in the genus Wolbachia.[2]
There are about 243 species in this genus.[1]
Species include:
- Cinara abietis
- Cinara acutirostris
- Cinara cedri
- Cinara confinis
- Cinara cupressi
- Cinara fornacula
- Cinara laricis
- Cinara piceae
- Cinara piceicola
- Cinara pini
- Cinara pilicornis
- Cinara strobi
§References[edit]
- ^ a b Jousselin, E., et al. (2013). Is ecological speciation a major trend in aphids? Insights from a molecular phylogeny of the conifer-feeding genus Cinara. Frontiers in Zoology 10 56.
- ^ Gómez-Valero, L.; Soriano-Navarro, M.; Pérez-Brocal, V.; Heddi, A.; Moya, A.; Garcia-Verdugo, J. M.; Latorre, A. (2004). "Coexistence of Wolbachia with Buchnera aphidicola and a secondary symbiont in the aphid Cinara cedri". Journal of Bacteriology 186 (19): 6626–33. doi:10.1128/JB.186.19.6626-6633.2004. PMC 516615. PMID 15375144.
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Cinara are a group of several species of large brown or black aphids that feed on many conifers including Fraser fir and white pines. Each species of aphid feeds on a particular host.
Cinara aphids survive temperatures well below freezing, thriving in cold weather when few predators are present.
Cinara aphids are some of the largest aphids found in the world, Cinara aphids are usually dark in color appearing brown to black. The young are smaller versions of the adult.
The Cinara aphids typically live in large colonies of up to several hundred aphids. In the spring,Cinara aphids tend to congregate on the terminal, trunk, and upper whorl of branches. In the fall, perhaps because of cooler temperatures, Cinara aphids are more commonly found lower on the trunk and on the lower branches where they are hidden from view.
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Holotype for Cinara piñona Hottes, 1953
Catalog Number: USNM 399622.001
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Entomology
Sex/Stage: Female;;; Adult; Wings Alate
Preparation: Slide section
Collector(s): F. Hottes
Year Collected: 1953
Locality: a few miles east of Glade Park, Mesa, Colorado, United States
- Holotype: Hottes, F. C. 1953. Notes on some species of Cinara, with descriptions of two new species from piñon pine (Aphidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 66: 153-158.
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Foodplant / sap sucker
Cinara sucks sap of Pinopsida
Animal / predator
larva of Eriozona syrphoides is predator of Cinara
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