Valid Names Results
Fiorinia kandyensis Green, 1922 (Diaspididae: Fiorinia)Nomenclatural History
- Fiorinia kandyensis Green 1922a: 1016-1017. Type data: SRI LANKA: Kandy, on undetermined shrub. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Sri Lanka | Green1922a
Keys
Remarks
- Systematics: Fiorinia kandyensis can be distinguished by the unusually long setiform spines on the margin of the pygidium (Green, 1922a).
- Structure: Puparium of female consisting solely of the nymphal exuviae which is bright castaneous with a darker median longitudinal fascia, elongate, moderately convex, 1.5 mm long. Male puparium scattered, white, obscurely carinate, the carinations concealed by a covering of loose, woolly matter, 0.75 mm long. Adult female thin and delicate (Green, 1922a).
- General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Green (1922a).
Illustrations
Citations
- Ali1969a: distribution, host, 45-46
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 145
- Green1922a: description, distribution, illustration, taxonomy, 1016-1017
- Green1937: catalog, distribution, host, 326
- HallWi1962: taxonomy, 23
- Ramakr1926: distribution, 456
- Varshn2002: distribution, 65
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 225
