Hempelicoccus santiaguensis (González & Granara de Willink), Gonzalez & Granara de Willink

González, Patricia, Claps, Lucía E., Juárez, Andrea & Moreno, Diego, 2017, Review of the Eriococcidae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) infesting Fabaceae in Argentina, with descriptions of three new species of Acanthococcus Signoret, Zootaxa 4232 (1), pp. 41-57 : 54

Hempelicoccus santiaguensis (González & Granara de Willink)

Eriococcus santiaguensis González & Granara de Willink 2009: 306 –308. Hempelicoccus santiaguensis, Hodgson & Miller, 2010: 48 .

Material examined. Holotype: Argentina, Santiago del Estero, Termas de Rio Hondo (27°29'56" S, 64°51'40" W), on Prosopis sp., 23/IX/1990, M.C.G. Willink col. 1(1) ( IFML) . Paratypes: 2(6) with same data. La Rioja, Centro Universitario (29°25'45" S, 66°52'8" W), on Leucaena leucocephala , XII/2002, M.C.G. Willink col. 1(3 + 1firstinstar nymph + 1adult male + 1 prepupa) ( IFML) .

Other examined material. Argentina, Santiago del Estero, Km 1128, R. 157 (28°14'1" S, 65°5'56" W), on “creeper plant”, 7/V/1998, M.C.G. Willink col., 2(5 + 1 first-instar nymph) ( IFML).

Diagnosis. Slide-mounted adult female with dorsal surface with reticulations and with 10 groups of microtubular ducts of 2 types on head, thorax and abdomen. Margin with 2 or 3 setae on each abdominal segment. Ventral surface with microtubular ducts of type B; quinquelocular pores extending towards margin from anterior spiracles; frontal lobes present (González & Granara de Willink 2009).

Distribution. Argentina; Neotropical region, Chaco subregion, Chaco province; South American Transition Zone, Monte province.