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 Planococcus ficus (Signoret) Material studied. URUGUAY : Canelón Chico , ex fruits of Vitis vinifera (Vitaceae) , 34°37’42.9”S 56°10’24.3”W , 6.ii.2018 , coll. Pacheco da Silva , V .C., 3 adult ♀♀ , ECFA No. 28; same host, Colonia Wilson, 34°42’28.5”S 56°31’05.9”W , 19.xii.2017 , coll. Pacheco da Silva , V .C., 2 adult ♀♀ , ECFA No. 16; Juanicó, 34°36’47.4’’S 56°14’46.2’’W , 28.i.2018 , coll. Salvarrey, J. , 1 adult ♀ , ECFA No. 23; same locality and host, 30.xi.2017 , coll. Pacheco da Silva , V .C., 3 adult ♀♀ , ECFA No. 6; 11.i.2018 , coll. Martínez , V ., 2 adult ♀♀ , ECFA No. 24; 10.ii.2019 , coll. Arrillaga, L. , 3 adult ♀♀ , ECFA No. 169; 15.ii.2019 , coll. Martínez , V ., 4 adult ♀♀ , ECFA No. 170; Las Piedras, 34°39’16.2”S 56°05’06.7”W , 6.ii.2018 , coll. Pacheco da Silva , V .C., 2 adult ♀♀ , ECFA No. 26; Montevideo , 31°40’18.5’’S 56°20’27.6’’W , 2.xii.2017 , coll. Pacheco da Silva , V .C., 5 adult ♀♀ , ECFA No. 1; Rincón del Colorado, 34°41’04.7”S 56°20’35.4”W , 10.ii.2018 , coll. Pacheco da Silva , 4 adult ♀♀ , ECFA No. 34; Sauce, 34°41’04.7”S 56°20’35.4”W , 20.i.2017 , coll. Delgado, S. , 3 adult ♀♀ , ECFA No. 20; Salto , 34°35’30”S 56°15’23”W , 21.xii.2017 , coll. Salvarrey, J. , 3 adult ♀♀ , ECFA No. 18; Durazno , 33°15’48.02” S 56°01’15.02” W , 6.ii.2018 , coll. Arrillaga, L., 3 adult ♀♀ , ECFA No. 29; Melilla , ex leaves of Ficus carica ( Moraceae ), 34°48’04.1”S 56°16’32.3”W , 20.ii.2018 , coll. Pacheco da Silva , V .C. & Martínez , V ., 2 adult ♀♀ , ECFA No. 33 . Hosts. Polyphagous, reported from 34 species belonging to 25 plant families ( García Morales et al. 2016 ). In Uruguay , Pl. ficus was recorded on Cydonia oblonga (Rosaceae) , Ficus carica ( Moraceae ), Malus domestica (Rosaceae) ( Granara de Willink et al. 1997 ) and Vitis vinifera (Vitaceae) ( Trujillo Peluffo 1930 ). Distribution. Australasian, Afrotropical, Nearctic, Neotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic regions ( García Morales et al. 2016 ).