Valid Names Results

Fiorinia citri Young, 1987 (Diaspididae: Fiorinia)

Nomenclatural History

• Fiorinia citri Young 1987: 124. Type data: CHINA: Yunnan, Xi Shuang Ben Na, Meng La, on Citrus sinensis, 23/12/1973. Holotype, female, Type depository: Shanghai: Shanghai Institute of Entomology, China; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• DaoBeWa2023: pp.1024, 1027-1028 ( Adult (F) ) [Diaspididae on citrus in Indochina and southern China.]
• LiuCaFe2020: pp.Fiorinia in China ( Adult (F) ) [Fiorinia in China]
• WeiZhFe2013: pp.94-95 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the adult females of Fiorinia species known from China]

Remarks

• Systematics: Fiorinia citri is close to F. linderae, but differs in the absence of 2nd lobes on the pygidium (Young, 1987).
• Structure: Adult female pupillarial, enclosed within hardened exuviae of 2nd instar nymph. Body membranous, 5.55 mm long and 2.49 mm wide (Young, 1987).
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Young (1987).

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