Fiorinia fioriniae Coccoidea

Fiorinia fioriniae (Targioni Tozzetti, 1867) Borg (1922b; 1932) gave an account of the introduction of this species to Malta and recorded it on Camellia japonica, Howeia spp. and other palms, fruits and leaves of citrus, and on evergreen woody shrubs at the following localities: Argotti Botanical Gardens (Floriana), San Anton Gardens (Attard), Lija, Mosta and other non-specified locations. Material examined: MALTA, Mosta, 13.iii.1994, 5 ♀♀ on Camellia sp., GW; Sliema, 2.xi.1995, 5 ♀♀ on Strelitzia reginae, EL; Attard, San Anton Gardens, 19.v.2012, 3 ♀♀ on Howeia sp., AR, DM & GM.

Published as part of Mifsud, David, Mazzeo, Gaetana, Russo, Agatino & Watson, Gillian W., 2014, The scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the Maltese Archipelago, pp. 499-525 in Zootaxa 3866 (4) on page 509, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3866.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/4930613

Related Organizations

University of Catania
Italy
University of Malta
Malta

Keywords

Hemiptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Fiorinia fioriniae, Animalia, Diaspididae, Biodiversity, Taxonomy, Fiorinia

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