Cinara

Cinara
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Sternorrhyncha
Family:	Aphididae
Genus:	Cinara; Curtis, 1835
Species
	243, see text

Eggs of on Eastern white pine

Cinara, the conifer aphids or giant conifer aphids, is a genus of aphids in the family Aphididae. They are widespread in the Northern Hemisphere.

These aphids specialize on conifers in the pine and cypress families.^[1]

Some species are pests that attack cultivated Christmas trees. The parasitoid wasp species in the genus Pauesia are specific to the genus.

has been shown to host three symbionts: Buchnera aphidicola, a secondary symbiont, and bacteria in the genus Wolbachia.^[2]

There are about 243 species in this genus.^[1]

Species include:

References[]

^ ^a ^b Jousselin, E., et al. (2013). Is ecological speciation a major trend in aphids? Insights from a molecular phylogeny of the conifer-feeding genus Cinara. Frontiers in Zoology 10 56.
^ Gómez-Valero, L.; Soriano-Navarro, M.; Pérez-Brocal, V.; Heddi, A.; Moya, A.; Garcia-Verdugo, J. M.; Latorre, A. (2004). "Coexistence of Wolbachia with Buchnera aphidicola and a secondary symbiont in the aphid Cinara cedri". Journal of Bacteriology. 186 (19): 6626–33. doi:10.1128/JB.186.19.6626-6633.2004. PMC 516615. PMID 15375144.

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[jous-1] Jousselin, E., et al. (2013). Is ecological speciation a major trend in aphids? Insights from a molecular phylogeny of the conifer-feeding genus Cinara. Frontiers in Zoology 10 56.

[2] Gómez-Valero, L.; Soriano-Navarro, M.; Pérez-Brocal, V.; Heddi, A.; Moya, A.; Garcia-Verdugo, J. M.; Latorre, A. (2004). "Coexistence of Wolbachia with Buchnera aphidicola and a secondary symbiont in the aphid Cinara cedri". Journal of Bacteriology. 186 (19): 6626–33. doi:10.1128/JB.186.19.6626-6633.2004. PMC 516615. PMID 15375144.

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