Valid Names Results
Aonidomytilus durus Ferris, 1943 (Diaspididae: Aonidomytilus)Nomenclatural History
- Aonidomytilus durus Ferris 1943: 73. Type data: UNITED STATES: California, San Bernardino County, Providence Mountains, Cedar Canyon, on Lycium cooperi, 1940, by G.F. Ferris. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Dactylaspis dura (Ferris, 1943); Borchsenius 1966: 33. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Solanaceae
- Lycium | Borchs1966
- Lycium cooperi | Ferris1943
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- United States
- California | Ferris1943
Keys
- Gill1997: pp.52 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to California species of Aonidomytilus]
- Ferris1943: pp.75 ( Adult (F) ) [Revised key to the species of Aonidomytilus] Key as: Aonidomytilus durus
Remarks
- Systematics: Recognized by the host association and lack of marginal macroducts. Apparently first instars also vary from other Aonidomytilus species (Gill, 1997).
- Structure: Scale of female white, elongate and usually irregular in form. Adult female about 1mm long, body irregular, but tending to be definitely pyriform, prosomatic region somewhat swollen (Ferris, 1943).
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ferris (1943).
Illustrations
Citations
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 33
- Ferris1943: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 73,75
- Gill1997: distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 52, 56, 58
- Lindin1957: taxonomy, 545
- Nakaha1982: distribution, host, 10
- PooleGe1997: distribution, 346
