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
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.10834645
1942-1354
10834645
2A1FB016-1B67-4861-BB8B-2011B26679F1
Asterolecanium puteanum
Russell, 1941
Material examined.
Argentina
,
La Pampa
, PN Lihuel Calel,
xi/ 1997
, on
Lycium
sp. (Solanaceae)
,
MCG
de Willink col., 2(9) 1020 y 1021
IFML
.
Diagnosis.
Eight-shaped pores in transverse dorsal bands, size similar to marginal pores (
Stumpf and Lambdin 2006
).
Comments.
The common name is holly pit scale. This is the first record of
A. puteanum
in
Argentina
.
Lycium
L. is added as a new host to the list of five genera and eight species cited for this species (
García Morales et al. 2016
).