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Aonidomytilus sabatius Tippins, 1968 (Diaspididae: Aonidomytilus)

Aonidomytilus sabatius Tippins 1968a: 167-169. Type data: UNITED STATES: Alabama, Mobile County, near Theodore, in a meadow adjoining the brackish marshes of Dog River, on Sabatia sp., 02/08/1952, by H.H. Tippins. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Athens: University of Georgia, Department of Entomology Collection, Georgia, USA; accepted valid name Notes: Paratype in USNM. Illustr.

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

Systematics: This species is near A. solidaginis and A. multiglandulatus, but differs in that it possesses a macroduct between the median lobes, fewer pores in the perivulvar groups, and apically dentate median lobes (Tippins, 1968a).
Structure: Scale of female white, elongate, with the pale yellow exuviae at one end. Scale of male similar in color and texture, but much smaller. Adult female is 1.5mm long. Body fusiform, pygidium lightly sclerotized, remainder of the derm membranous (Tippins, 1968a).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Tippins (1968a).