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Aonidomytilus variabilis Ferris, 1938 (Diaspididae: Aonidomytilus)

Aonidomytilus variabilis Ferris 1938a: 138. Type data: UNITED STATES: California, San Fernando Valley, near Roscoe, Big Tujunga Wash, on Sambucus sp., 1936, by L.E. Myers. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

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.74 ( Adult (F) ) [Revised key to the species of Aonidomytilus]
Ferris1942: pp.SIV-445:8 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Aonidomytilus]

Systematics: This species is similar to A. bilobis. Occasionally some specimens in the same lot may lack perivulvar pores. Whether it is distinct from bilobis is questionable (Gill, 1997).
Structure: Scale of female elongate, slender, usually irregular in order to conform to its surroundings, white or partly brown. Adult female .9mm long (Ferris, 1938a).
Biology: This species seems to be very variable, no two specimens being quite alike (Ferris, 1938a).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ferris (1938a).