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Fiorinia taiwana Takahashi, 1934 (Diaspididae: Fiorinia)

Fiorinia saprosmae; Takahashi 1929: 15. misidentification (discovered by Takagi1970, 57).
Fiorinia taiwana Takahashi 1934: 24-26. Type data: TAIWAN: Taihoku; Shirin; Sozan, on Quercus glauca and Myrica rubra, 11/10/1931. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Taichung: Entomology Collection, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Wu-feng, Taichung, Taiwan; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 3 | Genera: 4

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 2

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]

Systematics: Fiorinia taiwana is closely allied to F. saprosmae, but differs in the narrower 2nd skin without an eminent projection on the side of abdomen (Takahashi, 1934).
Structure: Female scale elongate, flattened, pale brownish yellow, usually covered with a thin white secretion, with an indistinct median ridge, about 1.4 mm long. Adult female broadened toward abdomen, with 10-12 short gland spines in an interrupted row on the side (Takahashi, 1934).
General Remarks: Descriptions and illustrations by Takahashi (1934) and Takagi (1970).