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,
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Insecta Mundi
2023
2023-06-30
2023
996
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.10834645
1942-1354
10834645
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Pollinia pollini
(
Costa, 1857
)
(
Fig. 6
)
Material examined.
Argentina
,
Mendoza
,
iii/1997
,
on
Olea europaea,
García
col., 5 (9) 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028
IFML
;
Córdoba
,
Cruz del Eje
,
iii/2006
,
on
Olea europaea
, Mazzuferi
col., 3 (18) 1029, 1030, 1031
IFML
.
Diagnosis.
Spiniform setae rare, with a large base. Rounded anal lobes cover the anal area.
Biological data.
Pollinia pollini
does not produce pits on the host plant. Found under dead specimens of
Saissetia oleae
(Olivier)
(
Hemiptera
:
Coccidae
).
Cucchi and Becerra (2015)
speculate that this could be for protection against parasitoids.
Comments.
The common name is ornate olive scale. It mainly affects olive,
Olea europaea
L. (
Oleaceae
) but was also found on fig,
Ficus carica
L. (
Moraceae
) (
García Morales et al. 2016
). In
Argentina
, it is found in Córdoba,
La Rioja
,
Mendoza
, and
San Juan
(
Cucchi and Becerra 2015
).