Valid Names Results
Fiorinia himalaica Takagi, 1975 (Diaspididae: Fiorinia)Nomenclatural History
- Fiorinia himalaica Takagi 1975: 26-28. Type data: NEPAL: Pati Bhanjyang, on Rhododendron arboreum, 09/04/1968. Holotype, female, Type depository: Sapporo: Entomological Institute, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Japan; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Ericaceae
- Rhododendron arboreum | Takagi1975
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- India
- Himachal Pradesh | Varshn2002
- Nepal | Takagi1975
Keys
Remarks
- Structure: Adult female oblong, with head margin truncate. Pygidium triangular, free margins practically straight, forming apically a right or more or less acute angle. 2nd instar exuvial cast not thickly sclerotized, oblong, gradually tapering caudad, with comparatively large, rounded pygidium (Takagi, 1975).
- Biology: Fiorinia himalaica was collected at an altitude of 1840 m (Takagi, 1975).
- General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Takagi (1975).
Illustrations
Citations
- Takagi1975: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 26-28
- Takagi1975a: distribution, 52
- Takagi1979: distribution, host, taxonomy, 20
- Takagi1980: taxonomy, 101
- Takagi1983: taxonomy, 14, 15
- Varshn2002: distribution, host, 65
- Varshn2005: distribution, host, illustration, 163,165
