A taxonomic revision of Hypogeococcus Rau species (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) from Argentina

CLAPS, LUCÍA ELENA; MELCHERT, NICOLÀS ALEJANDRO; SARACHO BOTTERO, MARÍA ANDREA; LOGARZO, GUILLERMO

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Simposio; XIV International Symposium on Scale Insects Studies ISSIS; 2016

The genus Hypogeococcus Rau (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) includes 11 species worldwide,four of which are distributed in Argen„na: i) Hypogeococcus concordiensis Williams and Granarade Willink (exclusive on Myrtaceae); ii) Hypogeococcus festerianus (Lizer & Trelles) (exclusiveon Cactaceae); iii) Hypogeococcus pungens Granara de Willink (on Amaranthaceae,Apocynaceae, Cactaceae and Portulacaceae), and iv) Hypogeococcus spinosus Ferris (on Cactaceaeand Euphorbiaceae). One na„ve species from Argen„na, considered by many expertsas Hypogeococcus pungens Granara de Willink, was used in the 1980s as a biological controllerof Harrisia marKnii (Labour.) Bri