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Species Fiorinia fioriniae (Targioni, 1867)

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Species Fiorinia fioriniae (Targioni, 1867)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

NEW SOUTH WALES: Sydney; QUEENSLAND: Brisbane; Cleveland; Eumundi; Home Hill; Ormiston; Sunnybank; WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Perth; America; Europe; South Pacific; West Indies.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

  • Mauritius

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: SE coastal
    • Queensland: NE coastal
    • Western Australia: SW coastal
  • Federated States of Micronesia
  • Hawaii

Nearctic Region

  • Mexico
  • United States of America

Neotropical Region

  • Brazil

Oriental Region

  • China (People's Republic)
    • Fujian (Fukien)
  • Hong Kong
  • Sri Lanka
  • Taiwan

Palaearctic Region

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Leptospermum sp. [MYRTACEAE] Tea-tree; Camellia japonica L. [THEACEAE]; Ficus sp. [MORACEAE]; Livistonia sp. [ARECACEAE]; Persea americana Miller [LAURACEAE]; Phoenix dactylifera L. [ARECACEAE]; Rondeletia sp. [RUBIACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Arecaceae.

 

General References

Beardsley, J.W. 1966. Insects of Micronesia. Homoptera: Coccoidea. Insects of Micronesia 6: 377-562 [532] (as Fiorinia fioriniae)

Fernald, M.E. 1903. A catalogue of the Coccidae of the world. Bulletin of the Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachusetts Agricultural College 88: 1-360 [246-247] (as Fiorinia fioriniae; and Fiorinia fioriniae var. minor [247])

Ferris, G.F. 1936. Contributions to the knowledge of the Coccoidea (Homoptera) I. Microentomology 1: 1-16 [4-5] (as Fiorinia minor; illustration)

Froggatt, W.W. 1914. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia (Part I). Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 25: 983-989 [983] (as Fiorinia fioriniae; description)

Fuller, C. 1899. Notes and descriptions of some species of Western Australian Coccidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1899: 435-473 [472] (as Fiorinia fioriniae)

Leonardi, G. 1906. Generi e specie di diaspiti. Saggio di sistematica delle fioriniae. Redia. Giornale di entomologia, Firenze 3: 16-65 [32-36] (as Fiorinia fioriniae; description; illustration)

MacGillivray, A.D. 1921. The Coccidae. Tables for the identification of the subfamilies and some of the more important genera and species together with discussions of their anatomy and life history. Urbana, Illinois : Scarab Company vi 502 pp. [374] (as Fiorinia fioriniae)

Maskell, W.M. 1892. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species, and remarks on coccids from New Zealand, Australia and elsewhere. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 24: 1-64 [dated 1891] [16] (as Fiorinia camelliae)

Maskell, W.M. 1893. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species from Australia, India, Sandwich Islands, Demerara, and South Pacific. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 25: 201-252 [211-212] (as Fiorinia camelliae; description)

Maskell, W.M. 1895. Synoptical list of Coccidae reported from Australasia and the Pacific Islands up to December 1894. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 27: 1-35 [10] (as Fiorinia camelliae)

Rutherford, A. 1915. Some new Ceylon Coccidae. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 24: 111-118 [113-115] (as Fiorinia fioriniae; description)

Signoret, V. 1869. Essai sur les cochenilles ou gallinsectes (Homoptères – Coccides) 5e partie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 9: 431-452 [449-450] (as Fiorinia pellucida; description; illustration)

Takagi, S. 1970. Diaspididae of Taiwan based on material collected in connection with the Japan-U.S. Co-operative Science Programme, 1965 (Homoptera: Coccoidea) Part 2. Insecta Matsumurana 33: 1-146 [59-61] (as Fiorinia fioriniae; description)

Targioni Tozzetti, A. 1868. Introduzione alla seconda memoria per gli studi sulle cocciniglie, e catalogo dei generi e delle specie della famiglia dei coccidi. Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali 11: 694-738 [735] (as Fiorinia pellucida)

Williams, D.J. & Watson, G.W. 1988. The Scale Insects of the Tropical South Pacific Region. Part 1. The armoured scales (Diaspididae). London : CAB International Institute of Entomology 290 pp. [118-121] (as Fiorinia fioriniae; description; illustration)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
14-Dec-2022 DIASPIDIDAE 29-May-2023 MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018 COCCOIDEA 29-May-2023 MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018 DIASPIDIDAE 29-May-2023 MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018 29-May-2023 MODIFIED
21-Nov-2012 29-May-2023 MODIFIED
29-Jun-2012 29-May-2023 MODIFIED
29-May-2023 MODIFIED