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.
host plants
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), Pérez Hidalgo, Martínez Peláez & Nieto Nafría (2001a), Petrović (1998a), Suay Cano & González Funes (1998a), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).