Microsiphum jazykovi wahlgreni Hille Ris Lambers, 1947
on Artemisia
parasite
Apterae ± 2 mm, pear-shaped, shiny brown on head and thorax with abdomen deep green-black, and antennae and legs mainly dark brown-black; siphunculi very short. In dense colonies in the inflorescences, attended by ants.
host plants
Asteraceae, narrowly monophagous
Artemisia absinthium.
notes
The typical subspecies, Microsiphum jazykovi jazykovi Nevsky, 1928, does not occur in Europe.
references
Blackman & Eastop (2018), Heie (1995a), Lampel & Meier (2007a), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).