Valid Names Results

Fiorinia similis Green, 1896 (Diaspididae: Fiorinia)

Fiorinia similis Green 1896e: 98. Type data: SRI LANKA: Punduloya, on unidentified shrub. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Trullifiorinia simillis (Green, 1896); MacGillivray 1921: 376. change of combination and misspelling of species epithet
Fiorinia similis Green, 1896; Borchsenius 1966: 147. revived combination (previously published)

Countries: 1

Systematics: Fiorinia similis is similar to F. saprosmae, but distinguishable by the more widely separate antennae without median tubercle, also by the narrower and more pointed pygidium with its small erect median lobes (Green, 1896e).
Structure: Female puparium delicate, transparent, without any dark median stripe, indistinct median longitudinal ridge, with short lateral ridge on each side, pale clear yellow or orange, form of insect and eggs visible through the scale. Male puparium white, tricarinate, ridges prominent and powdery. Adult female pale yellow, margin flattened and colorless. Adult male reddish orange. Young larvae yellow, oval, tapering behind. Eggs pale yellow (Green, 1896e).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Green (1896e).