Identification file

Identification file

Brachycaudus schwartzi (Börner, 1931)

1.4-2.1 mm

Apterous: globular, yellow ornamented with broad dark segmental stripes
Frons sinuate
Antennae shorter than length of body (1)
Abdomen ornamented with broad dark segmental stripes (2)
Cornicles dark, short and straight (3)
Cauda pigmented, short and rounded (4)

Brachycaudus schwartzi : fiche d'identification

Brachycaudus schwartzi © Encyclop'Aphid

Alate: abdomen with large dark patch which may be interrupted
Frons sinuate
Antennae a little shorter than length of body (5), about 20 rhinaria on III,  9 on IV, 0 on V
Abdomen with large dorsal patch (6), 2 pairs of ventral patches present (7), tubercles on marginal sclerites  (8)
Cornicles dark, short and straight (9)
Cauda pigmented, short and rounded (10)

Species file

Modification date : 07 February 2023 | Publication date : 22 May 2015 | Redactor : Evelyne Turpeau, Maurice Hullé, Bernard Chaubet