Revision of the family Asterolecaniidae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) in Argentina Author Granara de, María C. Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Instituto Miguel Lillo 205 (4000), Tucumán Author Willink Superior de Entomología “ Dr., Argentina Author González, Patricia e Instituto Miguel Lillo, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Instituto Superior de Willink ” (INSUE), Miguel Lillo 205 (4000), Tucumán, Argentina Author Stumpf, Christof F. State University of Alexandria (LSUA), Department of Biological Sciences, Alexandria, text Insecta Mundi 2023 2023-06-30 2023 996 1 23 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.10834645 1942-1354 10834645 2A1FB016-1B67-4861-BB8B-2011B26679F1 Asterolecanium Targioni-Tozzetti, 1868 Type species. Coccus aureus Boisduval, 1868 Diagnosis. Eight-shaped pores in marginal band and dispersed and/or grouped on the dorsum. Small 8-shaped pores present or absent. Tubular ducts present. Anal ring with pores and six setae; with arched plates. Antennae one-segmented. Simple disk pores may form ventral submarginal band. 5–7 locular pores in spiracular furrows, quinquelocular pores sometimes in ventral submarginal bands. Multilocular pores on the abdomen. Comments. According to Stumpf and Lambdin (2006) , Asterolecanium is a paraphyletic genus without defining characters.