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Fiorinia pinicorticis Ferris, 1950 (Diaspididae: Fiorinia)

Fiorinia pinicorticis Ferris 1950a: 77. Type data: CHINA: Yunnan Province, near Kunming, An-lin-wen-chian, on Pinus yunnanensis, 02/05/1949, by G.F. Ferris. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

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]
Chou1982: pp.105 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Chinese species of Fiorinia]

Systematics: Ferris (1950a) states that Fiorinia pinicorticis is an unusual species due to the character of the median lobes in the adult female which are parallel to each other, rather than divergent and do not form a notch in the apex of the body.
Structure: Female scale 1.3 mm long, composed entirely of exuviae of the second stage, this being covered with a thin coating of white or gray wax, flat yellowish to black where the wax covering has been removed; exuviae of first stage lying close to one end. Male scale formed by first exuviae short secretionary portion which is but little longer, this being white or gray and noncarinate. Adult female elongate oval, somewhat acute posteriorly, membranous throughout except for weakly sclerotized pygidium (Ferris, 1950a).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Ferris (1950a).