Archaeococcoid scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) from the tropical high mountains of the Andean Cordillera, South America Author Foldi, Imre text Zootaxa 2009 2300 1 38 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.191685 1b3d32d1-1cb8-4508-a45a-c7608b7d8e54 1175-5326 191685 The family Coelostomidiidae in the Neotropical region Four coelostomidiid genera, Cryptokermes , Mimosicerya , Neocoelostoma and Paracoelostoma presently are known from the Neotropical area, each with a single species: (i) Cryptokermes Hempel ( C. brasiliensis Hempel from Brazil ); (ii) Mimosicerya Cockerell ( M. hempeli (Cockerell) from Brazil ); (iii) Neocoelostoma Hempel ( N. xerophila Hempel , the most widespread species in this family in South America , collected in Argentina , Bolivia , Brazil , Paraguay and Uruguay ; and (iv) Paracoelostoma Morrison ( P. peruviana Morrison from Peru ).