Sclerosococcus McKenzie, 1958

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 : 15

Sclerosococcus McKenzie, 1958

Type species. Sclerosococcus ferrisi McKenzie, 1958

Diagnosis. Adult female with membranous dermis, except partial sclerotization of the last three or four abdominal segments. With eight-shaped pore ducts on dorsum and venter. Anal lobes not protuberant, with robust apical setae and 5–6 acute spiniform setae. Abdominal quinquelocular pores in transverse bands either present or absent. Antennae and labium one-segmented. Groups of multilocular pores with 7–9 locules lateral of spiracles. Multilocular pores with 5–8 locules on dorsum or dorsum and venter of cephalothorax, either present or absent. Without legs, anal ring setae, bilocular pores, simple disk pores, and tubular ducts (modified from McKenzie 1958 and Lambdin 1980).

Comments. To date, four species have been described: S. bromeliae McKenzie, 1963 , on undetermined Bromeliaceae from Florida, Mexico, and Peru, S. chilensis Lambdin, 1980 , on Bromeliaceae from Chile, S. ferrisi McKenzie, 1958 , on a “succulent” from Mexico, and S. tillandsiae Lambdin, 1980 , on Tillandsia sp. (Bromeliaceae) from Ecuador; the last two were found in quarantine in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California, USA, respectively ( Lambdin 1980).