Valid Names Results
Epifiorinia tsugae Takagi, 1970 (Diaspididae: Epifiorinia)Nomenclatural History
- Epifiorinia tsugae Takagi 1969a: 24. nomen nudum (discovered by Takagi1970, 52).
- Epifiorinia tsugae Takagi 1970: 53. Type data: TAIWAN: Tung-Pu, on Tsuga chinensis var. formosana. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Sapporo: Entomological Institute, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Japan; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Pinaceae
- Tsuga chinensis | Takagi1970 | (= Tsuga chinensis formosana)
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Taiwan | Takagi1970
Keys
Remarks
- Systematics: Epifiorinia tsugae can be told from Fiorinia species by the distinctly non-zygotic median lobes in both adult and second instar female (Takagi, 1970).
- Structure: Adult female with median lobes slender, sunken in the pygidium for most of their length, roughly serrate on the apical half of the inner margin, with the apex pointed. Second lobes well developed. Exuviae dark brown, posterior half blackish, with a pair of large yellowish patches on the lateral sides (Takagi, 1970).
- General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Takagi (1970).
Illustrations
Citations
- Chou1985: description, distribution, taxonomy, 365-366
- Chou1986: illustration, 518
- Hua2000: distribution, host, 151
- Takagi1969a: taxonomy, 24
- Takagi1970: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 53
- Tao1978: distribution, host, 100
- Tao1999: distribution, host, 85
- Yang1982: distribution, taxonomy, 254, 257, 258
