Valid Names Results
Parafiorinia rubra (Maskell, 1894) (Diaspididae: Parafiorinia)Nomenclatural History
- Fiorinia rubra Maskell 1894b: 71-72. Type data: AUSTRALIA: on Acacia sp., by Mr. Olliff. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Fiorinia rubra propinqua Maskell 1897: 307. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Victoria, Goudie, on Acacia sp., by Mr. French. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; junior synonym (discovered by Borchs1966, 41).
- Parafiorinia rubra (Maskell, 1894); MacGillivray 1921: 378. change of combination
- Anamefiorinia rubra (Maskell, 1894); Lindinger 1935: 133. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Fabaceae
- Acacia oshanesii | Maskel1894b
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Australia | Maskel1894b
- Victoria | Maskel1897
- Western Australia | Fuller1897b
Keys
- MacGil1921: pp.378 ( ) [Key to species of Parafiorinia]
Remarks
- Structure: Female cover brownish white, but so hidden by the second exuviae that only a small portion of the secretion shows and it has a general dark orange or reddish tint. Exuviae elongated, rest broadly rounded. Male cover elongated, narrow, flattish, not carinated, longer than female. Adult female dark orange, elongated, abdomen ending in 2 broad lobes close together, nearly straight, with many serrations and spines on the margin (Froggatt, 1914).
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Froggatt (1914).
Illustrations
Citations
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 149
- DeitzTo1980: distribution, taxonomy, 41-42
- Fernal1903b: distribution, host, taxonomy, 248, 249
- Ferris1936: taxonomy, 7, 22
- Frogga1914: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 985
- Frogga1915: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 59
- Fuller1897b: distribution, host, 1346
- Fuller1899: distribution, host, 472
- Leonar1906c: distribution, host, taxonomy, 60
- Lindin1935: taxonomy, 133
- MacGil1921: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 372, 378
- Maskel1894b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 71-72
- Maskel1897: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 307