SUBFAMILY APHINAE 285 
Kakimia wahinkae (Hottes) 
The Green-bronze Larkspur Aphid 
Dactynotus wahinkae Hottes, 1933:19 
Kakimia wahinkae, Gillette and Palmer, 1934:168; Hottes, 1949b:53. 
Apterous Summer Vivipara. Color about as in alate vivipara. Body length 2.2-2.9; across 
eyes .50; hind tibia 1.7-2.2; rostrum surpassing 2d coxa. Hairs blunt; on side of body .08. 
Cornicle cylindrical or subvasiform, faintly imbricated. Cauda short and thick, spatulate, 
bearing 4 pairs of lateral hairs and a single dorsal preapical one. 
Alate Vivipara. Head and thorax brown; abdomen shining green-bronze to dark green, 
with broken dorsal dashes and lateral areas dark; late fall forms occasionally bright reddish 
orange; rostrum and appendages except base of antennal III dusky to blackish; cornicle, 
cauda and anal plate slightly dusky. Body length 1.80-2.30; rostrum hardly attaining 2d coxa. 
Otherwise as in apterous vivipara except hairs on side of body .04 and as figured. 
Ovipara. Apterous. (Mounted in balsam), rostrum and antenna brownish; cornicle and 
legs sordid yellow with tarsi and tips of tibiae blackish; cauda and anal plate dusky. Body 
length about 2; across eyes .50; antenna 1.80-2, III .45-.51, IV .25-.30, V .20-.25, VI .10-.12+.60- 
-68; hind tibia 1.4-1.5, moderately swollen on proximal half which portion bears numerous flat 
sensoria; cornicle .15-.18. 
Male. Alate. Same as alate vivipara except as follows: Antennal [il .60-.70, sensoria 
42-48 on III, 9-14 on IV, 6-10 on V; cornicle .13-.15; hind tibia 1.45-1.60. 
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Fig. 342. Kakimia wahinkae 
Collections. On Delphinium occidentale and Aconitum columbianum. 
Colorado: Grand Mesa, Skyway and Manassa. Wyoming: Laramie. Utah: Aspen 
Grove and Mount Timpanogos. Alate and apterous viviparae May 24 to Aug. 
15, sexuales Aug. 11 to Sept. 13; rather rare. 
Type. U.S.N.M. Paratypes, Colo. Agr. Exp. Sta. and Hottes Collections. 
Chief Distinguishing Characters. Short, broad, spatulate cauda bearing 4 
pairs of lateral hairs, long hind tarsal II (.18-.20, about as long as the cornicle), 
short cornicle (.19-.24) and long rostral IV-+V (.19). 
Genus Macrosiphum Passerini 
Siphonophora Koch, 1855:150 (preoccupied). 
Macrosiphum Passerini, 1860:27; Baker, 1920a:57. 
Nectarophora Oestlund, 1887:78. 
Illinoia Wilson, 1910a: 318. 
Characters. Vertex concave or but slightly ccnvex at center. Frontal 
tubercles prominent, exceeding vertex, and diverging. Antenna six-segmented, 
as long or longer than body, unguis usually as long or longer than III. Sensoria 
on antenna subcircular, usually with narrow margins. Cornicle usually with 
reticulation, cylindrical, usually more than twice as long as rostral IV+V. 
Cauda twice as long as rostral IV-+V (except taraxaci), tapering to parallel- 
sided or spatulate. Hairs blunt or slightly capitate at tip; on antenna and hind 
tibia not, or rarely, distinctly longer than diameter of segment bearing them. 
Anal plate rounded. Rostrum with V indistinct or vestigial. Lateral tubercles 
not evident. Ocular tubercle present. Fore wing with media twice-branched; 
hind wing with both media and cubitus present. Male usually alate; ovipara 
apterous. Living exposed on leaves and twigs of deciduous plants. 
Genotype (set by Passerini in 1860), Aphis rosae Linnaeus. 
