Valid Names Results

Trullifiorinia geijeriae (Froggatt, 1914) (Diaspididae: Trullifiorinia)

Fiorinia geijeriae Froggatt 1914: 984. Type data: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, near Narrabri, on Geijera salicifolia. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Orange: Agricultural Scientific Collections Unit, Orange Agricultural Institute, NSW, Australia; accepted valid name
Trullifiorinia geijeriae (Froggatt, 1914); Normark, et al. 2019: 62. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: T. geijeriae is morphologically very similar to T. nigra and may be a synonym; both names were retained in Normark, et al. (2019) pending further study of possible cryptic diversity.
Structure: Female puparium black, fringed with white secretion, nearly oval or elongate oval, but variable. Adult female yellow, elongate, cephalic portion forming 3 lobes on the outer margin; abdominal segments well defined, rounded on the outer margin. Pygidium darker yellow, with the outer margin serrate (Froggatt, 1914).
General Remarks: Best description by Froggatt (1914).