Identification file

Identification file

Macrosiphum funestum (Macchiati, 1885)

1.9-4.0 mm

Apterous medium-sized to large, green or red to dark brown, glossy; bearing numerous hairs
Antennae equal or greater than length of body with processus terminalis long (1), hairs  present on all segments and numerous rhinaria on segment III
Cornicles long, straight (2), often pale at base, reticulated at tip
Cauda pale, broad (3)

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Alate: green or red to dark brown
Antennae dark with proximal part of segment III paler, longer than body with processus terminalis long (4), hairs and numerous rhinaria present on segment III
Frons  concave with margins divergent (5)
Abdomen with marginal sclerites  diffuse (6)
Cornicles long, straight, moderately pigmented (7) and often lighter at base, reticulated at tip
Cauda broad (8)
Articulations of legs black (9)

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