Valid Names Results

Fiorinia pinicola Maskell, 1897 (Diaspididae: Fiorinia)

Nomenclatural History

• Fiorinia pinicola Maskell 1897a: 242. Type data: CHINA: Hong Kong, on Pinus sinensis; TAIWAN: on Cupressus juniperinus. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; Sacramento: California State Collection of Arthropods, California Dept. Food & Agriculture, California, USA; San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, Department of Entomology, California, USA; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
• Fiorinia camelliae; Maskell 1898: 232. incorrect synonymy (discovered by Ferris1936, 2-3).
• Fiorinia juniperi; Ferris 1921a: 215. misidentification (discovered by Balach1954e, 309).
• Fiorinia juniperi; Kuwana 1925b: 8-10. misidentification (discovered by Balach1954e, 309).
• Fiorinia pruinosa Ferris 1950a: 77-78. Type data: CHINA: Yunnan Province, near Kunming, An-lin-wen-chian, on Magnolia sp., 02/05/1949, by G.F. Ferris. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; junior synonym (discovered by Tang1986, 284). Illustr.
• Fiorinia juniperi; McKenzie 1956: 32, 113. misidentification (discovered by Borchs1966, 145). Notes: The description and illustration of McKenzie (1956) actually refer to Fiorinia pinicola despite his erroneous listing as Fiorinia juniperi Bouché (not Leonardi). McKenzie also confused Aspidiotus juniperi Bouché (=Carulaspis juniperi) with this species.
• Fiorinia junipericola Borchsenius 1966: 145. junior synonym Notes: Borchsenius (1966) lists Fiorinia junipericola as a "nomen nov." for Fiorinia juniperi McKenzie 1956, not Leonardi 1906. It appears that McKenzie's description and illustration of F. pinicola which was labeled as F. juniperi confused Borchsenius and caused him to think that the species was new to science. He therefore proposed a new name for the species.
• Fiorinia pruninosa Ferris, 1950; Tao 1999: 87. misspelling of species epithet

Common Names

• juniper fiorinia scale Borchs1966

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 15 | Genera: 16

Foes:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• AhmedMoRo2021: pp.156-158 ( Adult (F) First instar Second instar (F) Second instar (M) ) [Fiorinia in the USA]
• LiuCaFe2020: pp.397-399 ( Adult (F) ) [Fiorinia in China]
• WatsonWiMi2015: pp.298-299 ( Adult (F) ) [Fiorinia in the Australasian, Nearctic and Neotropical Regions]
• WeiZhFe2013: pp.94-95 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the adult females of Fiorinia species known from China]
• Gill1997: pp.144 ( ) [Key to California species of Fiorinia]
• Matile1990: pp.206 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Fiorinia]
• Matile1990: pp.207 ( Adult (M) ) [Clé des larves mâles du stade II]
• Chou1982: pp.105 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Chinese species of Fiorinia]
• Chou1982: pp.105 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Chinese species of Fiorinia] Key as: Fiorinia pruinosa
• Howell1977: pp.836 ( First instar ) [Key to the first instars of Fiorinia]
• Takagi1961: pp.41 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Fiorinia of Japan]
• McKenz1956: pp.32 ( ) [Key to species of Fiorinia Targioni] Key as: Fiorinia juniperi
• Balach1954e: pp.303 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Fiorinia]

Remarks

• Systematics: Fiorinia pinicola is similar to F. fioriniae (Ferris, 1936). Tang (2001) considers F. pinicola to be a junior synonym of F. fioriniae.
• Structure: Female scale 2 mm long, second exuviae covered with a thin, frost-like coating of wax which extends past the posterior end of the exuviae as a white appendage. Male scale fluffy. Adult female elongate oval, broadly rounded anteriorly. Median pygidial lobes quite large, apically divergent, forming a broad notch at the apex of body (Ferris, 1950a).
• Economic Importance: Miller & Davidson (1990) list this insect as a pest.
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Balachowsky (1954e).

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