34 APHIDS OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION 
Cinara lasiocarpae (Gillette and Palmer) 
The Spotted Alpine Fir Aphid 
a, Fund. 70-- 20226 a 530: 332 | 20 Gerd, 
ee LIIDLELILZ SILL 
pia enact on 
85 
= 
Hind Tarsus 
Fig. 27. Cinara lasiocarpae 
Lachnus lasiocarpae Gillette and Palmer, 1930:543. 
Cinara lasiocarpae, Gillette and Palmer, 1931:858; Hottes, 1933:4. 
Fundatrix. Same as apterous summer vivipara except antenna 1.9. 
Apterous Summer Vivipara. Reddish to dark brown, mottled with broken pattern of white 
pulverulence; legs almost entirely black. Body length 4-5; robust; hind tibia 3.5; antenna 2. 
Hairs on hind tibia spinelike, longer than diameter of tibia. Rostrum attaining cornicle. 
Ovipara. Similar to apterous vivipara. 
Collections. On Abies lasiocarpa, on bark of twigs. Colorado: Rocky Moun- 
tain National Park, Black Mesa, Skyway and Rabbit Ears Pass. Utah: Logan 
Canyon. Fundatrices June 10, July 7 and 22 (alt. 9,000 and 10,000 ft.), apterous 
summer viviparae July 7 to Aug. 12, alatoid nymphs in late Aug., oviparae 
Aug. 24; rare. 
Type. U.S.N.M., No. 42082. Paratypes, Colo. Agr. Exp. Sta. Collection. 
Chief Distinguishing Characters. Large body (4-5 long) together with the 
mottled pattern of pulverulence and long hind tarsal II (.42-.50, nearly twice 
as long as the long rostral IV, .24-.29). C. palmerae which is similar in color 
has tarsal II hardly longer than rostral IV. 
Cinara medispinosa (Gillette and Palmer) 
The Medium-haired Lodgepole Pine Aphid 
Mind Tibia, 
yoo 0.40.90 e) 
Y--e 8s 
2°6 onto 
ype 65 
Fig. 28. Cinara secre 
Lachnus similis Gillette and Palmer, 1924:23 (preoccupied). 
Lachnus medispinosus Gillette and Palmer, 1929a:30 (n.n. for similis); Knowlton, 
1930;153. 
Cinara medispinosa, Gillette and Palmer, 1931:859. 
Fundatrix. Body 3.75 by 2; antenna 1.40. Otherwise as in summer apterous vivipara. 
Apterous Summer Vivipara. Light cinnamon-brown to dark metallic brown with black 
as follows: Head, crossbands on thorax and abdominal I, broken dashes on remaining seg- 
ments; slight powdery pattern on median line and lateral areas of thorax and abdominal IV; 
cornicle, tarsi, distal half to three-quarters of tibiae and entire antennal I, II and VI and tips 
of III, IV and V black. Body 3 by 1.60; antenna 1.50; hind tibia 2.15-2.70; hind tarsal II .28. 
