Valid Names Results

Fiorinia rhododendricola Tang, 1986 (Diaspididae: Fiorinia)

Nomenclatural History

• Fiorinia rhododendricola Tang 1986: 110. Type data: CHINA: Fujian Province, Fuzhou, Gushan, on Rhododendron simsii. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Shanxi: Entomological Institute, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi, China; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• 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]

Remarks

• Systematics: Fiorinia rhododendricola can be distinguished by the presence of submarginal macroducts on the ventrum of the pygidium, even on the 2nd stage female (Tang, 1986).
• Structure: Female scale oval, yellowish-brown, 1st exuviae apical, 0.80 mm long. Male scale felted and white, tricarinated. Adult female oval, about 0.57 mm long (Tang, 1986).
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Tang (1986).

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