Valid Names Results

Adiscofiorinia secreta (Green, 1896) (Diaspididae: Adiscofiorinia)

Nomenclatural History

Fiorinia secreta Green 1896: 5. Type data: SRI LANKA: Punduloya, on Grewia orientalis. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
Adiscofiorinia secreta (Green, 1896); Leonardi 1906c: 52-54. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Malvaceae

Grewia orientalis | Leonar1906c

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

Sri Lanka | Green1896

Keys

MacGil1921: pp.379 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Adiscofiorinia]
Leonar1906c: pp.52 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Adiscofiorinia]
Green1896e: pp.93 ( Adult (F) ) [Ceylon species of Fiorinia] Key as: Fiorinia secreta

Remarks

Biology: "From the absence of circumgenital glands in the adult female it is probable that the insect is ovoviviparous (Green, 1896e). This species forms galls on its host (Beardsley, 1984).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Green (1896e).

Illustrations

Citations

Ali1969a: distribution, host, taxonomy, 39
Beards1984: distribution, ecology, host, 87, 98-99
Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 150
Cocker1896b: taxonomy, 338
Cocker1897q: taxonomy, 703
Fernal1903b: distribution, host, 249
Ferris1920: taxonomy, 32
Ferris1936a: illustration, taxonomy, 20, 33
Green1896: description, distribution, host, 5
Green1896e: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 93, 102
Green1915d: taxonomy, 53
Green1922: taxonomy, 460
Green1937: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 326
Houard1923: host, 537
Leonar1906c: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 52-54
MacGil1921: distribution, host, taxonomy, 372, 379
Ramakr1921a: catalog, distribution, host, 354
Ramakr1926: taxonomy, 456
Takagi1970: distribution, taxonomy, 120
Takaha1931b: taxonomy, 381
Varshn2002: distribution, host, 54
Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 231