Pseudococcidae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) in Uruguay: morphological identification and molecular characterization, with descriptions of two new species Author Pacheco Da Silva, Vitor C. Unidad de Entomología, Departamento de Protección Vegetal, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay Author Kaydan, Mehmet Bora Imamoglu Vocational School, Çukurova University, 01330, Adana, Turkey & Çukurova University, Biotechnology Application Research Centre, Balcalı, Adana, Turkey Author Basso, Cesar Unidad de Entomología, Departamento de Protección Vegetal, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay & cbasso. bis @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0427 - 3631 text Zootaxa 2020 2020-12-11 4894 4 501 520 journal article 9088 10.11646/zootaxa.4894.4.1 4f029708-021a-4c44-8e87-bb9ed9846cf6 1175-5326 4316657 EEC841C8-6550-4B44-B688-C020DED10671 Pseudococcus sociabilis Hambleton Material studied. URUGUAY : Cerillos , ex fruits of Citrus limon (Rutaceae) , 34°37’17.5”S 56°21’38.9”W , 10.x.2018 , coll. Delgado, S. , 8 adult ♀♀ , ECFA No. 143 . Hosts. Reported on Coffea sp. ( Rutaceae ) ( Kondo et al. 2008 ), Diospyros lasiocalyx (= Diospyros hispida ) ( Ebenaceae ), Glycine max (Fabaceae) , Mimosa tenuiflora (= Mimosa nigra ) ( Mimosaceae ) ( Williams & Granara de Willink, 1992 ), Diospyros kaki ( Pacheco da Silva et al. 2017 ) , Erythrina speciosa (Fabaceae) , and Hedera helix (Araliaceae) ( Hambleton 1935 ). Distribution. Neotropical region ( García Morales et al. 2016 ). This is the first record of Ps. sociabilis on Uruguay .