Fiorinia japonica
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Ordo: Hemiptera
Familia: Diaspididae
Genus: Fiorinia
Name
Fiorinia japonica Kuwana, 1902 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Field characteristics
First-instar exuviae overlapping second-instar exuviae. Without indentation or with slight indentation formed between attachment of first- and second-instar exuviae. Second-instar exuviae oval, convex marginally; medium to dark brown; longitudinal ridge inconspicuous. Posterior end of adult female within second-instar exuviae rounded. Heavily infested leaves with white secretion (Suppl. material 1: Fig. S1).
First-instar nymph
described in Howell (1977)[1].
Second-instar female
Median lobes broad, as wide as or wider than medial lobule of second lobe, projecting ca. same distance as or further than medial lobule of second lobes. With five pairs of marginal macroducts. Swelling of body margin adjacent to macroduct usually rounded. With four large gland spines on margin of each side of body from abdominal segments II–V; usually without small gland spine on each side of abdominal segment VI; with small gland spines on margin or submargin of abdominal segment I. With one microduct on each side of head. Longitudinal line of microducts present submarginally on venter of abdominal segment II or III–VI, normally with one microduct on each side of each segment. Cicatrices absent.
Second-instar male
One duct cluster on each side of body, composed of several small ducts and two communal ducts. Three longitudinal lines of microducts on venter of abdomen (one medial and two submarginal). Cluster of small microducts with sclerotized orifice laterad of anterior spiracle absent. Fewer than five gland spines on each side of body between anterior and posterior spiracles. Antennae each with one enlarged seta.
Florida collection records
Fiorinia japonica has not been collected in Florida.
Specimens examined for description and diagnosis
Virginia, Chesterfield Co., Southside Nursey, July 27, 1974, on blue spruce, R. Sears, 5 2nd ♀, 5 2nd ♂.
Other material examined from USNM
China; “Hsifeushang” January 23, 1933, on Pinus sp., W.B. Wood 2 1st ♀ (JOH 55-76 F). Taiwan: Maruyama, near Taihoku, June 3, 1928, on Pinus thunbergi, R. Takahashi 1 1st ♂ (JOH 58-76); Taihoku, June 7, 1929, on Pinus sp., R. Takahashi 1 1st ♀ (JOH 54-76). United States: Virginia, Chesterfield Co., Southside Nursey, July 27, 1974, on blue spruce, R. Sears 2 1st ♀, 1 1st ♂, 5 2nd ♀, 5 2nd ♂, 4 ad ♀; Washington, D.C., August 27, 1991, on national Christmas tree, Horton 3 1st ♀, 4 2nd ♀, 3 ad ♀ (93-09742).
Taxon Treatment
- Ahmed, M; Moore, M; Rohrig, E; McKenzie, C; Liu, D; Feng, J; Normark, B; Miller, D; 2021: Taxonomic and identification review of adventive Fiorinia Targioni Tozzetti (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha, Diaspididae) of the United States ZooKeys, 1065: 141-203. doi
Other References
- ↑ Howell J (1977) Description of the first instars of the North American species in the genus Fiorinia (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae).Annals of the Entomological Society of America70: 829–836. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1615.1.3
