Valid Names Results

Fiorinia reducta Williams & Watson, 1988 (Diaspididae: Fiorinia)

Nomenclatural History

• Fiorinia reducta Williams & Watson 1988: 123. Type data: INDONESIA: Irian Jaya, Jayapura (formerly Hollandia), on unidentified tree, 24/01/1960, by T. Maa. Holotype, female, Type depository: Honolulu: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Department of Entomology Collection, Hawaii, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• WatsonWiMi2015: pp.298-299 ( Adult (F) ) [Fiorinia in the Australasian, Nearctic and Neotropical Regions]
• WilliaWa1988: pp.115 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Fiorinia]

Remarks

• Systematics: Fiorinia reducta has some affinities with F. fioriniae, but the latter possesses only 3 or 4 pairs of large pygidial macroducts, whereas F. reducta has 6 pairs. The perivulvar pores, restricted to the postero-lateral groups only, distinguish it from any other species of Fiorinia (Williams & Watson, 1988).
• Structure: Female scale pale brown and transparent laterally, elongate, flat. Male scale white, elongate, but smaller. Adult female about 0.5 mm long, oval, widest at head or prothorax; free abdominal segments showing some lateral development; body membranous except for pygidium (Williams & Watson, 1988).
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Williams & Watson (1988).

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