Valid Names Results

Fiorinia kumatai Takagi, 1975 (Diaspididae: Fiorinia)

Nomenclatural History

• Fiorinia kumatai Takagi 1975: 24-26. Type data: NEPAL: Biratani, on Citrus aurantium, 29/04/1968. Holotype, female, Type depository: Sapporo: Entomological Institute, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Japan; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Systematics: Fiorinia kumatai may be related to F. gelonii, F. saprosmae and F. similis (Takagi, 1975).
• Structure: Adult female broadest about the metathorax and the base of abdomen, with the head margin broadly convex, with pygidium rather narrow. Derm membranous except for pygidium, which is weakly sclerotized in a broad median region dorsally and in a broad marginal region ventrally. 2nd instar exuviae pale yellow, not strongly sclerotized, translucent, oblong, more than twice as long as wide (Takagi, 1975).
• Biology: Fiorinia kumatai was collected at an altitude of 1150 m (Takagi, 1975).
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Takagi (1975).

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