Cinara
Cinara, the conifer aphids or giant conifer aphids, is a genus of aphids in the family Aphididae. They are widespread in the Northern Hemisphere.
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| Genus: | Cinara Curtis, 1835 |
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Eggs of Cinara strobi on white pine
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
- 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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