Valid Names Results

Ovaticoccus variabilis Miller in Miller & McKenzie, 1967 (Eriococcidae: Ovaticoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Ovaticoccus variabilis Miller in Miller & McKenzie 1967: 525-528. Type data: UNITED STATES: California, Lassen Co., 8 miles west of Susanville, on Artemisia sp., 18/07/1964, by D.R. Miller. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes in CDAE and USNM. Illustr.

Common Names

• variable ovaticoccin MillerMc1967

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MillerSt2022: pp.87-89 ( Adult (F) ) [Ovaticoccus and Hypericicoccus species]
• MillerSt2022: pp.87-88 ( Adult (F) ) [Ovaticoccus and Hypericicoccus species]
• MillerSt2022: pp.88-89 ( Second instar (F) ) [Ovaticoccus and Hypericicoccus species]
• MillerSt2022: pp.89-90 ( First instar ) [Ovaticoccus and Hypericicoccus species]
• PellizKo2011: pp.65 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult female Ovaticoccus]
• Gill1993: pp.173 ( Adult (F) ) [Ovaticoccus species of California]
• MillerMc1967: pp.507 ( Adult (F) ) [North American species of Ovaticoccus]

Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae nipple shaped, sides convex basally, concave near apex, apices rounded or truncate, setae all approximately same size, arranged in 4 longitudinal lines on each side of body; hair-like setae scattered over dorsal surface; anal ring without pores; dorsal multilocular pores absent; ventral multilocular pores predominantly with 5 loculi; cruciform pores present on both surfaces; antennae 7-segmented; microtubular ducts medium in length, with 2 sclerotized areas (Miller & McKenzie, 1967).
• Structure: Adult female oval, dorsoventrally flattened with 3 inconspicuous longitudinal ridges. Body pink. No white mealy secretion observed. Filamentous ovisac secretion covering less than half of dorsum. Found under bark and on crown of host plant (Miller & McKenzie, 1967).
• General Remarks: Detailed description by Miller & McKenzie (1967). Detailed descriptions and illustrations of the second-instar female, fourth-instar male, second-instar male and first-instar nymph in Miller & Stocks, 2022.

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