Granara de Willink, M.C. 2009 Dysmicoccus de la Región Neotropical (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae). [Dysmicoccus from the Neotropical Region (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)].. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 68(1-2): 11-95

Notes: de Willink, Granara; Cristina, Mar?a (2009) Dysmicoccus de la Regi?n Neotropical (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) [Dysmicoccus from the Neotropical Region (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)] Revista de la Sociedad Entomol?gica Argentina, Abstract: Sixteen new species are described and illustrated in the present paper: D. alius sp. nov., D. bonaerensis sp. nov., D. cacao sp. nov., D. caribensis sp. nov., D. fusagasugae sp. nov., D. gracilis sp. nov., D. patagonicus sp. nov., D. perotensis sp. nov., D. pini sp. nov., D. plenus sp. nov. D. rex sp. nov., D. tillandsiae sp. nov., D. tococae sp. nov., D. umbambae sp. nov., D. varius sp. nov. and, D. vescum sp. nov.; 19 species are diagnosed: D. boninsis (Kuwana), D. brachydactylus Miller & McKenzie, D. brevipes (Cockerell), D. dactylus Miller & McKenzie, D. darienensis Williams & Granara de Willink, D. grassii (Leonardi), D. hambletoni Williams & Granara de Willink, D. hurdi McKenzie, D. inquilinus (Newstead), D. joannesiae (Costa Lima), D. mackenziei Beardsley, D. neobrevipes Beardsley, D. pinicolus McKenzie, D. probrevipes (Morrison), D. radicis Green, D. rapaneae Williams & Granara de Willink, D. sylvarum Williams & Granara de Willink, D. texensis (Tinsley) and D. tibouchinae (Hambleton). D. brachydactylus is cited for the first time for Argentina, D. hambletoni for Costa Rica, D. hurdi for Cuba and D. brevipes for Uruguay. The new species found from Argentina are: D. alius, D. bonaerensis and D. patagoniensis; from Brasil: D. tococae and D. umbambae; from Colombia: D. cacao, D. fusagasugae and D. vescum; from Costa Rica: D. rex; from Puerto Rico: D. plenum; from Mexico: D. perotensis, D. pini and D. tillandsiae; from Brasil and Uruguay: D. umbambae; from Colombia and Venezuela: D. caribensis and D. varius; from Brasil, Costa Rica and Guyana: D. gracilis. The Dysmicoccus key for the Neotropical Region includes 35 species that were found on 178 plant species and 50 botanic families; the geografical distribution of some species is broaden. Internet link: http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0373-56802009000100002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=es