242 APHIDS OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION 
Alate Vivipara. Head and thoracic lobes dark, rest of body and measurements as in 
apterous vivipara except hairs on vertex which are .03 long. 
Ovipara. Apterous. Same as apterous vivipara or smaller and with hind tibia slightly 
swollen for most of its length and thickly covered with sensoria. 
Male. Alate. Same in measurements as alate vivipara, differing only in presence of 
sensoria on III and V. 
Collections. On leaves (on underside) of red raspberry (Rubus strigosus) 
and black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis), solitary. Throughout region. Ap- 
terous and alate summer viviparae June 25 to Oct. 12, oviparae Oct. 1 to Nov. 9, 
males Oct. 1; rather common. 
Chief Distinguishing Characters. Absence of dusky spot on fore wing, 
cornicle length (shorter than III), without reticulation and pale, length of an- 
tenna (exceeding length of body) and length of rostral IV+-V (somewhat 
shorter than base of VI). 
Amphorophora rubicola (Oestlund) 
The Spotted-winged Raspberry Aphid 
Macrosiphum rubicola Oestlund, 1886:27 and 1887:78. 
Amphorophora rubicola, Mason, 1925:58; Gillette and Palmer, 1934:141. 
Apterous Summer Vivipara. Greenish yellow with median and lateral vittae of darker 
green; cornicle dark; antenna slightly dusky with III darker on proximal half and at tip; 
legs pale brownish with tarsi and tips of tibiae blackish; cauda pale. Measurements as in 
alate vivipara except rostrum attaining 3d coxa. Hairs on side of body .04-.05. 
Alate Vivipara. Head and thorax dusky brown; abdomen pale greenish yellow, with 
green median and lateral lines; antenna, cornicle and legs blackish to black; cauda pale. Fore 
wing with dusky spot at tip, on margin. Body length 2.5-3; hind tibia 2.3-2.86; hind tarsal II 
.11; antenna 2.58-3.3; rostrum attaining 2d coxa. Hairs blunt to pointed. Lateral tubercles 
present on prothorax and abdominal II to V. 
Ca. Apt.=A late) 
Saat 
SSSR 
Fig. 287. Ariiereoh ore rubicola 
Male. Alate. Head and thorax dusky brown; abdomen reddish brown; cauda pale; other 
appendages blackish. Body length 2; hind tibia 2; cornicle .65; cauda .10; other measure- 
ments and spot on fore wing as in alate vivipara. 
Collections. On leaves of red raspberry (Rubus strigosus). Colorado: Cher- 
okee Park and Boulder Canyon. Utah: Mount Timpanogos. Idaho: Castleford. 
Apterous and alate viviparae Aug. 28 to Oct. 23, males Sept. 25; rare. 
Cotypes. Univ. of Minn. Collection. 
Chief Distinguishing Characters. Dusky spot on the tip of the fore wing, 
reticulated cornicle, width of the cornicle (greater than width of hind tibia) 
and its dark color and length of rostral IV+V (.19). 
Amphorophora sonchi (Oestlund) 
Rhopalosiphum sonchi Oestlund, 1886:34. 
Rhopalosiphum dianthi (Schrank) (mistaken synonymy), Oestlund, 1887:76. : 
Rhopalosiphum sonchi, Gillette and Taylor, 1908a:34. footnote (discussion of mis- 
taken synonymy). 
Amphorophora cosmopolitana Mason, 1925:16. 
Amphorophora sonchi, Gillette and Palmer, 1934:142; Knowlton and Allen, 1945a:114. 
Apterous Summer Vivipara. Pale greenish; appendages pale. Body length 2-2.2; across 
eyes .43-.45; hind tibia 1.25-1.75; hind tarsal II .14-.15; antenna 2.4-2.73; rostrum surpassing 
2d coxa. Otherwise as in alate vivipara. 
