Review of the Eriococcidae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) infesting Fabaceae in Argentina, with descriptions of three new species of Acanthococcus Signoret Author González, Patricia Author Claps, Lucía E. Author Juárez, Andrea Author Moreno, Diego text Zootaxa 2017 4232 1 41 57 journal article 36547 10.11646/zootaxa.4232.1.3 5363e2a3-ce92-40df-8518-384275ad9570 1175-5326 292749 21D49668-D5AE-48B5-9C92-5C4F06D49F3F Hempelicoccus mendozae (Morrison) Eriococcus mendozae Morrison 1919 : 69 . Nidularia mendozae , Lindinger 1933 : 116 . Acanthococcus mendozae , Miller & Gimpel 1996 : 602 . Hempelicoccus mendozae , Kozár & Konczné Benedicty 2008 : 125 . Material examined. Argentina . Mendoza , Desaguadero Norte ( 33°23'58" S , 67° 9'33" W ), on Prosopis sp., 10/ XII/1938 , 1(3) (CALyT) ; Santiago del Estero , Caspi Corral ( 27°23'9" S , 63°32'11" W ), on “vinal” Prosopis vinalillo , 23/X/1982 , M.C.G. Willink col., 4 (10) ( IFML ) ; Termas de Rio Hondo ( 27°30'12" S , 64°51'38" W ), 28/II/ 1996 , on Acacia , González col., 2(6) ( IFML ) ; Tucumán , Ruta 40, road near Santa María and Ruta 307 ( 26°35'54" S , 66°2'21" W ), 5/XI/2003 , M.C.G. Willink col., 1(1) ( IFML ) . Diagnosis. Slide-mounted adult female with 4 or 5 groups of microtubular ducts of type A on dorsal surface; medial plate absent. Marginal setae differentiated from dorsal setae. Ventral surface without microtubular ducts; frontal lobes absent (González & Granara de Willink 2009 ). Distribution. Argentina ; Neotropical region, Chaco subregion, Chaco province ; South American Transition Zone, Monte province.