SUBFAMILY APHINAE 45 
Cinara sabinae (Gillette and Palmer) 
The Rocky Mountain Juniper Aphid 
Cigh = Apt. Viv. ~~ Baa. 
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Fig. 41. Cinara sabinae 
Lachnus sabinae Gillette and Palmer, 1924:9. 
Cinara sabinae, Gillette and Palmer, 1931:867. 
Fundatrix and Apterous Summer Vivipara. Light yellowish brown, marked with dark 
brown to black on lateral areas, pair of dorsal areas on thorax, solid bands on abdominal V 
and VI and median of IV; heavily pulverulent in crossbands, leaving only dark marking 
exposed; cornicle black; legs mostly pale. Color pattern blending with color of bark on which 
they rest. Body 3.1 long; hind tibia 1.4-1.8; hind tarsal II .25-.28; antenna 1.1; rostrum sur- 
passing 3d coxa. Hairs on hind tibia moderately stout, numerous, length fully twice diameter 
of tibia; on body .16 long. 
Alate Vivipara. Same as aptera or slightly larger, except as figured. Fore wing with 
media twice-branched. 
Ovipara. Similar to apterous vivipara but somewhat larger, and hind tibia moderately 
swollen and with sensoria. 
Male. Alate. Same as alate vivipara except size smaller and color darker and with pul- 
verulence tending to more distinct bands and sensoria on antenna, as figured. 
Egg. Shining black; without powder. Size 1 by .50. 
Collections. On Juniperus scopulorum, on bark of twigs, in large colonies; 
eggs laid on the needles, singly or in rows of 2 or 3, few on bark of small twigs. 
Colorado: Fort Collins, Longmont, Denver, and Big Thompson Canyon. Wyo- 
ming: Cheyenne. Utah: Logan. Fundatrices April 9 to May 23, apterous sum- 
mer viviparae Aug. 10 to Sept. 31, alate viviparae Aug. 10 to Sept. 24, sexuales 
Oct. 6 to Nov. 7; common, often in injurious numbers, killing twigs. 
Type. U.S.N.M., No. 41954. Paratypes, Colo. Agr. Exp. Sta. Collection. 
Metatypes, Hille Ris Lambers Collection. 
Chief Distinguishing Characters. Long, erect hairs (on tibia .22 long, 
length fully twice diameter of tibia) and color pattern of body. 
Cinara schwarzii (Wilson) 
The Short-haired Mottled Ponderosa Pine Aphid 
Lachnus pini Linnaeus (misidentification), Cowen (in Gillette and Baker), 1895:117. 
Lachniella schwarzii Wilson, 1919b:46. 
Lachnus schwarzii, Palmer, 1926:319. 
Cinara schwarzii, Gillette and Palmer, 1931:868. 
Fundatrix. Same as apterous summer vivipara except as follows: antenna 1-1.2; hind 
tibia 1.6-1.9; hind tarsal II .23-.28. 
Apterous Summer Vivipara. Cinnamon-brown; mottled and speckled with black, or en- 
tirely black; with scattered patches and streaks of pulverulence, especially on median line; 
legs black except area, about one-quarter of length, below knees yellow; cornicle black; an- 
tenna yellow except tips of III, IV and V and entire VI black. Body length 3-4; hind tibia 
