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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » Plant-parasitic Hemipterans (Sternorrhyncha) » Aphidoidea » Aphids (Aphididae) » Calaphidinae » Panaphidini » Panaphidina » Pterocallis » Pterocallis alnifoliae
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Aphid - Pterocallis alnifoliae
Copyright © 2019 Richard Migneault

Aphid - Pterocallis alnifoliae
Edmundston, Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada
July 7, 2018
Size: 1,3mm
Someone could id this.. Look a bit as Psylloidea, very small

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Contributed by Richard Migneault on 22 March, 2019 - 1:05pm
Last updated 12 January, 2020 - 5:10pm

Moved
Moved from Aphids.
… Natalie Hernandez, 11 January, 2020 - 9:27am login or register to post comments

Pterocallis I believe.
Not super familiar with this genus, but looks like maybe Pterocallis alni.

Compare:
http://influentialpoints.com/Gallery/Pterocallis_alni_Common_alder_aphid.htm
… Natalie Hernandez, 22 March, 2019 - 6:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Very much possible, something
Very much possible, something associated with alder; lot of it around..
not that black spot on the wings.
… Richard Migneault, 22 March, 2019 - 6:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Coloration on the veins might be variable between individuals.
Richards published a key to Calaphidini of Canada and it only has descriptions for 2 species, P. alni and I think the second one was P. alnifoliae, but that description stated that there was a black spot at the base of the vein. There are 13 species in the Genus though so could also be one of the other 12.
… Natalie Hernandez, 22 March, 2019 - 8:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Pterocallis alnifoliae
Got my hands on

Atlas of the drepanosiphine aphids of the world. Part 2, Panaphidini Oestlund, 1923- Panaphidina Oestlund, 1923 (Hemiptera: Aphididae: Calaphidinae)

and it has really great illustrations of this genus. Plus I realized P. alni is known to occur in Europe, not here. P. alnifoliae is known to occur in eastern North America. They are VERY similar though.
… Natalie Hernandez, 11 January, 2020 - 9:24am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks so much Natalie.. a ne
Thanks so much Natalie.. a new page on the guide..
… Richard Migneault, 11 January, 2020 - 1:58pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 22 March, 2019 - 2:55pm login or register to post comments

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