Aphis sambuci Linnaeus, 1758
elder aphid
on Sambucus, primary host plant

Sambucus spec., Engeland © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints: apterae with syrphid larva
Sambucus nigra, Hungary, Nagykovácsi, 2.v.2019 © László Érsek
apterae
larva
larva
larval alatae
alate
Sambucus nigra, Hungary, Budapest, 29.iii.2016 © László Érsek
apterae
ant visit
gall
Aphids in dense colonies on the young branches. Sometimes they may persist all summer on the primary host plant, but seemingly males are produced only on the secondary hosts.
host plants
Adoxaceae, monophagous
Sambucus ebulus, maderensis, nigra, racemosa.
on herbs
parasite
Apterae at the roots; ant-attended.
secondary host plants
mainly Caryophyllaceae
Capsella bursa-pastoris; Cerastium; Chenopodium album; Dianthus carthusianorum; Oenothera fruticosa; Ononis spinosa; Persicaria lapathifolia; Rumex crispus, obtusifolius; Saxifraga; Silene saxifraga, suecica, vulgaris; Moehringia trinervia; Sonchus oleraceus; Spergula arvensis; Syringa vulgaris.
A reference to Sonchus oleraceus by Mier Durante ao (1998a) was a mistake, teste Pérez Hidalgo ao (2001a).
synonyms
Aphis sambucina Börner, 1940.
Aphis austriaca Hille Ris Lambers, 1959 is very closely related with sambuci, probably no more than a form that lives permanently on the secondary host (Blackman & Eastop)
references
Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Barbagallo & Massimino Cocuzza (2014a), Barbagallo & Pollini (2014a), Blackman & Eastop (2014), Börner & Franz (1956a), Buhr (1965a), Burton, Carbonnelle, Ellis & Schneider (2019a), Durak, Durak & Borowiak-Sobkowiak (2011a), Franquinho Aguiar, Ilharco, Khadem & Moreira (2013a), Heie (1986a), Hellrigl (2004a), Hille Ris Lambers (1959a), Kollár (2007a), Lampel (1988a), Lampel & Meier (2007a), Mier Durante & Nieto Nafría (1983a), Mier Durante, Seco Fernández & Nieto Nafría (1989a), Müller & Horatschek (1980a), Nieto Nafría & Mier Durante (1982a), Nieto Nafría, Mier Durante, García Prieto & Pérez Hidalgo (2005a), Nieto Nafría, Muñoz Martínez & Mier Durante (1987a), Osiadacz & Wojciechowski (2008a), Pérez Hidalgo, Martínez Peláez & Nieto Nafría (2001a), Petrović (1998a), Rakauskas & Trukšinaitė (2011a), Ripka, Reider & Szalay-Marzsó (1998a), Roskam (2009a), Schliesske (2002a), Soika & Łabanowski (0000a), Suay Cano & González Funes (1998a), Tambs-Lyche & Heie (1994a), Tomasi (2003a, 2012a, 2014a), Weis (1955a), Wilkaniec & Piekarska-Boniecka (2008a), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).