Valid Names Results

Fiorinia fuzhouensis Young, 1987 (Diaspididae: Fiorinia)

Nomenclatural History

• Fiorinia fuzhouensis Young 1987: 126. Type data: CHINA: Fujian, Fuzhou, Kui qi, on undetermined shrub, 09/10/1955. Holotype, female, Type depository: Shanghai: Shanghai Institute of Entomology, China; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

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 fuzhouensis is close to F. proboscidaria, but differs in the median lobes without basal zygosis at proximal end (Young, 1987).
• Structure: Adult female pupillarial, enclosed within hardened exuviae of 2nd instar nymph. Body membranous, 0.83 mm long, 0.42 mm wide. Head narrowed and pointed at anterior end (Young, 1987).
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Young (1987).

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