Valid Names Results

Fiorinia euonymi Young, 1987 (Diaspididae: Fiorinia)

Nomenclatural History

• Fiorinia euonymi Young 1987: 125-126. Type data: CHINA: Shanghai, Gu Hong-gen, on Euonymus japonica, 18/08/1983. 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

• LiuCaFe2020: pp.397-399 ( 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 euonymi is close to F. turpiniae, but differs in the body not being top shaped, in the 2nd lobes with smaller outer lobule and in the fewer perivulvar pores (Young, 1987).
• Structure: Adult female pupillarial, enclosed within hardened exuviae of 2nd instar nymph. Body membranous, with some sclerotized areas on the dorsum of pygidium, 4 mm long, 1.43 mm wide (Young, 1987).
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Young (1987).

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