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INVENTORY OF APHIDS ON SEVEN CONIFER SPECIES IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE INTRODUCED RED WOOD ANT, FORMICA LUGUBRIS (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Jeremy N. McNeil ,
Johanne Delisle  and
R. J. Finnegan
Jeremy N. McNeil
Affiliation:
Département de biologie, Université Laval, Québec G1K 7P4
Johanne Delisle
Affiliation:
Département de biologie, Université Laval, Québec G1K 7P4
R. J. Finnegan
Affiliation:
Laurentian Forest Research Centre, Canadian Forestry Service, Ste. Foy, Quebec G1V 4C7
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Abstract

An inventory was taken of aphid species occurring on balsam fir, white spruce, larch, red pine, white pine, jack pine, and black spruce at two sites where the introduced red wood ant, Formica lugubris Zett., had been released. Twenty-one aphid species were found, all in the genus Cinara Curtis. Nine of these species, and possibly a tenth, were new records for Quebec. Observations on colony size and distribution on host trees, in ant infested and control blocks, were recorded.

Résumé

Aux deux sites d’introduction de Formica lugubris Zett., an inventaire des differentes espèces de pucerons vivant sur les essences conifériennes suivantes ont été observées; sapin baumier, épinette blanche, mélèze, pin rouge, pin blanc, pin gris et épinette noire. Vingt et une espèces de pucerons appartenant au genre Cinara Curtis ont été trouvées. Neuf de ces espèces et possiblement une dixième ont été enregistrées pour la première fois au Québec. Quelques observations sur la taille des colonies de pucerons et de leur distribution sur les essences mentionnées ont été notées et comparées avec des colonies de pucerons d’un bloc témoin.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 109 , Issue 9 , September 1977 , pp. 1199 - 1202
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1977

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