Genus Fiorinia Targioni Tozzetti, 1868

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• Fiorinia 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].

  Type species:

   Fiorinia pellucida Targioni, 1868 by monotypy.
• Uhleria Comstock, J.H. 1883. Second report on scale insects, including a monograph of the sub-family Diaspidinae of the family Coccidae and a list, with notes of the other species of scale insects found in North America. Cornell University Agricultural Experimental Station, Department of Entomology Report 2: 47-142 [110] [replacement name; homonym of Uhleria Cooke 1881; discovered by Ferris, 1936a: 23. This name was first used by Cooke (1881) in the combination "Uhleria araucariae, Comstock." This is the first use of the generic name Uhleria and therefore must be attributed to Cooke. Apparently, Cooke was in contact with Comstock, but Comstock changed his mind about the use of Uhleria and treated it as a senior replacement name of the armored scale genus Fiorinia. Comstock (1883) presented an invalid nomenclatural scenario making Uhleria a valid armored scale name and included three species currently considered to be in the genus Fiorinia. Thus, Comstock's description of Uhleria is a junior homonym of Uhleria Cooke. We here consider Uhleria Comstock to be a junior synonym of Fiorinia (ScaleNet 2002)].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

General References

Froggatt, W.W. 1914. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 25: 875-882 [881-882] (as Fiorinia Froggatt; description)

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 [53-54] (as Fiorinia; Takagi; description)

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. [112-115] (as Fiorinia; description)

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