Asterolecanium puteanum Russell, 1941

Granara de, María C., Willink, González, Patricia & Stumpf, Christof F., 2023, Revision of the family Asterolecaniidae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) in Argentina, Insecta Mundi 2023 (996), pp. 1-23 : 8

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.10834645
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8222305
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scientific name	Asterolecanium puteanum Russell, 1941
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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).