Pseudococcus longispinus (Targioni Tozzetti)

Material studied. URUGUAY: Melilla, ex leaves of Epipremnum aureum (Araceae), 34°45’11.8”S 56°18’29.8”W, 10.iii.2019, coll. Martínez, V., 3 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 180; same locality and collector, ex leaves of Anoda sp. ( Malvaceae), 10.iii.2019, 6 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 203; Montevideo, ex leaves of Clivia miniata (Amaryllidaceae), 28.xi.2018, coll. González, P., 1 adult ♀, ECFA No. 2; same city, ex leaves of Platanus occidentalis (Platanaceae), 34°54’16.2”S 56°11’06.7”W, 24.iv.2019, coll. Pacheco da Silva, V.C., 5 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 204; ex leaves of Nerium oleander (Apocynaceae), 34°53’49.2”S 56°07’13.7”W, 1.xii.2019, coll. Pacheco da Silva, V.C., 2 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 275; ex leaves of Citrus sp. ( Rutaceae), 34°50’16.1”S 56°13’14.9”W, 5.xii.2019, coll. Midón, E, 1 adult ♀, ECFA No. 290; ex leaves of Goeppertia zebrina (Marantaceae), 34°53’49.6”S 56°07’19.0”W, 12.x.2019, coll. Pacheco da Silva, V.C., 5 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 244; same locality, date and collector, ex leaves of Codiaeum variegatum (Euphorbiaceae), 3 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 244 .

Hosts. Polyphagous, reported from 199 species belonging to 84 plant families (García Morales et al. 2016).

Distribution. Australasian, Afrotropical, Nearctic, Neotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic regions (García Morales et al. 2016).