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Argenta Granara de Willink, 2023 (Asterolecaniidae)

Argenta Granara de Willink 2023: 3. Type species: Argenta eduardoi Granara de Willink by original designation . accepted valid name

Systematics: Among the recorded genera of Asterolecaniidae in North and South America, none resemble Argenta. This genus shares the presence of eight-shaped pores at the base of a duct with the genera Sclerosococcus, Mycetococcus, and Pollinia. Argenta has tubular ducts with short arms which are absent in the other three genera. Although the genera Asterolecanium Targioni-Tozzetti, Palmaspis Bodenheimer, and Planchonia Signoret also have tubular ducts with short arms, they differ from Argenta through the lack of eight-shaped pores at the base of a duct. (Granara de Willink et al. 2023) See paper for more examples.
Structure: Pyriform. Antennae unsegmented; legs absent. Marginal bands of eight-shaped pores missing. Dermis membranous, but segments posterior to vulva slightly sclerotized on venter and dorsum, forming a caudal process. Dorsum with scattered eight-shaped pores, with tubular ducts; anal lobes absent; anal ring without setae or pores. Venter with submarginal eight-shaped pores; spiracles surrounded by quinquelocular pores; with few short setae. (Granara de Willink et al. 2023)