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)

Macrosiphum funestum : fiche d'identification

Macrosiphum funestum © Encyclop'Aphid

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)

Species file

Modification date : 07 February 2023 | Publication date : 07 June 2016 | Redactor : Evelyne Turpeau, Maurice Hullé, Bernard Chaubet