Valid Names Results

Fiorinia nachiensis Takahashi, 1956 (Diaspididae: Fiorinia)

Nomenclatural History

Fiorinia nachiensis Takahashi 1956a: 60-61. Type data: JAPAN: Wakayama, Nachisan, on Rhododendron sp., 13/07/1955, by R. Takahashi. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Sapporo: Entomological Institute, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Japan; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

nati-konoha-kaigara Takagi1975a

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Ericaceae

Rhododendron | Takaha1956a
Rhododendron japonoheptamerum | Muraka1970 | (= Rhododendron metternichii)

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

Japan

Honshu | Takaha1956a

Keys

Takagi1961: pp.42 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Fiorinia of Japan]

Remarks

Systematics: Fiorinia nachiensis resembles F. turpiniae in the shape of the median lobes, but differs from that species in lacking an interantennal tubercle (Takahashi, 1956).
Structure: Female scale pale yellowish brown, flattened. Second larval skin stout (Takahashi, 1956a).
General Remarks: Descriptions and illustrations by Takahashi (1956a) and Takagi (1975a).

Illustrations

Citations

Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 146
DanzigPe1998: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 261
Kawai1972: distribution, taxonomy, 39
Kawai1980: distribution, taxonomy, 283
KozarWa1985: catalog, distribution, 84
Muraka1970: distribution, host, 90
Takagi1961: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 40, 42
Takagi1975a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 45-48
Takagi1979: taxonomy, 10
Takagi1980: taxonomy, 100-103
Takagi1983: taxonomy, 14, 15
Takaha1956a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 60-61