Valid Names Results

Fiorinia fijiensis Williams & Watson, 1988 (Diaspididae: Fiorinia)

Nomenclatural History

• Fiorinia sp. Hinckley 1963: 69. unavailable name that is placed (discovered by WilliaWa1988, 118).
• Fiorinia fijiensis Williams & Watson 1988: 116-118. Type data: FIJI: Viti Levu, Vulgalei, on Alpinia boia, 31/12/1957, by J.S. Pillai. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• WatsonWiMi2015: pp.298-299 ( Adult (F) ) [Fiorinia in the Australasian, Nearctic and Neotropical Regions]
• WilliaWa1988: pp.115 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Fiorinia]

Remarks

• Systematics: Fiorinia fijiensis should be easily recognizable in the South Pacific area. It seems to have some relationship to F. nachiensis, but F. nachiensis has gland spines and the 2nd lobes are not so well developed (Williams & Watson, 1988).
• Structure: Female scale reddish brown, hemispherical. Male scale white, flat, almost same length as female. Adult female about 0.9 mm long, elongate-oval, sides often parallel; pygidium triangular (Williams & Watson, 1988).
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Williams & Watson (1988).

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