Five new species of Aspidiotini (Hemiptera, Diaspididae, Aspidiotinae) from Argentina, with a key to Argentine species

By

Schneider, Scott
Claps, Lucía E.
Wei, Jiu-Feng
Normark, Roxanna
Normark, Benjamin

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

948

Pages

47--73

Subjects

armored scale insects , Chortinaspis , Clavaspis , coccoidea , Coccomorpha , Hemiberlesia , Melanaspis , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.948.54618

 

Abstract

Five new species of armored scale insect from Argentina are described and illustrated based upon morphological and molecular evidence from adult females: Chortinaspis jujuyensissp. nov., Clavaspis patagonensissp. nov., Hemiberlesia ozolitasp. nov., Melanaspis lilloisp. nov., and Melanaspis targionoidessp. nov. The genera Chortinaspis and Melanaspis are recorded for the first time from this country. An identification key to all recorded species from tribe Aspidiotini occurring in Argentina is provided.