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Aonidomytilus ceanothi (Ferris, 1919) (Diaspididae: Aonidomytilus)

Mytilaspis concolor; Essig & Baker 1909: 57. misidentification (discovered by Ferris1919a, 62).
Lepidosaphes ceanothi Ferris 1919a: 62-63. Type data: UNITED STATES: California, Marin County, Mount Tamalpais, on Ceanothus jepsoni. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Chionaspis ceanothi (Ferris, 1919); Lindinger 1932h: 202. change of combination
Aonidomytilus ceanothi (Ferris, 1919); Ferris 1936a: 24. change of combination

Families: 3 | Genera: 3

Countries: 1

Gill1997: pp.51 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to California species of Aonidomytilus]
McKenz1956: pp.30 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the species of Genus Aonidomytilus Leonardi]
Ferris1943: pp.75 ( Adult (F) ) [Revised key to the species of Aonidomytilus]
Ferris1942: pp.SIV-446:48 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Aonidomytilus]

Systematics: GenBank accession numbers DQ145305 and DQ145417 were previously determined to be Chionaspis ortholobis, but Aonidomytilus ceanothi is the best-corroborated molecular ID, (Normark, et al., 2019) This species is distinguishable by the very great reduction of the pygidial gland spines, these being present but extremely minute, and by the low, irregular, and inconspicuous median and second lobes, these frequently being almost concealed by the rolling over of the margin of the weakly sclerotized pygidium (Ferris, 1937).
Structure: Scale of female white. Adult female with membranous derm, except for pygidium; thorax not separated from the abdomen by a constriction (Ferris, 1919a).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ferris (1919a).