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Fiorinia ficicola (Takahashi, 1931) (Diaspididae: Fiorinia)

Adiscofiorinia ficicola Takahashi 1931b: 380-381. Type data: TAIWAN: Taihoku, Shinten, on Ficus foveolata, 14/06/1931, by R. Takahashi. Syntypes, female, by subsequent designation Type depository: Taichung: Entomology Collection, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Wu-feng, Taichung, Taiwan; accepted valid name Illustr.
Ichthyaspis ficicola (Takahashi, 1931); Takagi 1970: 120-121. change of combination Illustr.
Fiorinia ficicola (Takahashi, 1931); Normark, et al. 2019: 61. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Ficus | Takagi1970
Ficus citrifolia | Takaha1931b
Ficus sarmentosa | NormarOkMo2019 Takaha1931b Tao1999 | (= Ficus oxyphylla) (= Ficus foveolata)

Countries: 3

Systematics: Takahashi (1931b) states that this species is "somewhat allied to Adiscofiorinia secreta Green, differing remarkably in the characters of the pygidium and in other structures." Takagi (1970) placed this species in the newly described genus Ichthyaspis. After further genetic and morphological analysis Normark et al., (2019) moved it to Fiorinia. While most species of Fiorinia are similar to each other, differing in characters such as lobe shape, number of marginal ducts, and presence or absence of a process between the antennae, ficicola is strikingly different, having lost all pygidial lobes and gland spines, and instead having the apex of the pygidium modified into a rounded fishtail structure. One character that does resemble Fiorinia is the series of quasi-marginal ducts on each side of the pygidium, resembling those of F. hymenanthis, to which this species is closely related. Normark, et al. (2019) stated that "despite its strange aspect, this species is deeply nested within the genus Fiorinia and we need to recognize it as an unusual species of that genus."
Structure: Pygidium nearly triangular in outline, a little roundish on the free margin. Median lobes rounded, entire, separated from each other for their apical two-thirds by a narrow but distinct space (Takagi, 1970).
General Remarks: Descriptions and illustrations by Takahashi (1931b) and Takagi (1970).