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 longispinus (Targioni Tozzetti) Material studied. URUGUAY : Melilla , ex leaves of Epipremnum aureum (Araceae) , 34°45’11.8”S 56°18’29.8”W , 10.iii.2019 , coll. Martínez , V ., 3 adult ♀♀ , ECFA No. 180; same locality and collector, ex leaves of Anoda sp. ( Malvaceae ), 10.iii.2019 , 6 adult ♀♀ , ECFA No. 203; Montevideo , ex leaves of Clivia miniata (Amaryllidaceae) , 28.xi.2018 , coll. González, P. , 1 adult , ECFA No. 2; same city, ex leaves of Platanus occidentalis (Platanaceae) , 34°54’16.2”S 56°11’06.7”W , 24.iv.2019 , coll. Pacheco da Silva , V .C., 5 adult ♀♀ , ECFA No. 204; ex leaves of Nerium oleander (Apocynaceae) , 34°53’49.2”S 56°07’13.7”W , 1.xii.2019 , coll. Pacheco da Silva , V .C., 2 adult ♀♀ , ECFA No. 275; ex leaves of Citrus sp. ( Rutaceae ), 34°50’16.1”S 56°13’14.9”W , 5.xii.2019 , coll. Midón, E , 1 adult , ECFA No. 290; ex leaves of Goeppertia zebrina (Marantaceae) , 34°53’49.6”S 56°07’19.0”W , 12.x.2019 , coll. Pacheco da Silva , V .C., 5 adult ♀♀ , ECFA No. 244; same locality, date and collector, ex leaves of Codiaeum variegatum (Euphorbiaceae) , 3 adult ♀♀ , ECFA No. 244 . Hosts. Polyphagous, reported from 199 species belonging to 84 plant families ( García Morales et al. 2016 ). Distribution. Australasian, Afrotropical, Nearctic, Neotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic regions ( García Morales et al. 2016 ).