Schizaphis scirpi (Passerini, 1874)

bulrush aphid

on marsh plants

Typha spec., UK © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints

parasite

Apterae 2-3 mm, shiny dark bronze-brown to reddish brown or blackish; base of the femora of the front legs, and a large middle part of the tibiae of all legs pale. In ant-attended colonies at the base of the leaves.

hostplants

polyphagous on helophytes

Carex; Colocasia esculenta; Cyperus longus; Eriophorum; Iris; Juncus; Scirpus sylvaticus; Sparganium; Typha angustifolia, domingensis, latifolia.

synonyms

Schizaphis typhae (Laing, 1923).

references

Barbagallo & Pollini (2014a), Blackman & Eastop (2017), Börner & Franz (1956a), Heie (1986a), Lampel & Meier (2007a), Mier Durante, Seco Fernández & Nieto Nafría (1989a), Müller & Horatschek (1980a), Nieto Nafría, Mier Durante, García Prieto & Pérez Hidalgo (2005a), Petrović (1998a), Suay Cano & González Funes (1998a).