Asterolecanium Targioni-Tozzetti, 1868

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 : 8

Asterolecanium Targioni-Tozzetti, 1868

Type species. Coccus aureus Boisduval, 1868

Diagnosis. Eight-shaped pores in marginal band and dispersed and/or grouped on the dorsum. Small 8-shaped pores present or absent. Tubular ducts present. Anal ring with pores and six setae; with arched plates. Antennae one-segmented. Simple disk pores may form ventral submarginal band. 5–7 locular pores in spiracular furrows, quinquelocular pores sometimes in ventral submarginal bands. Multilocular pores on the abdomen.

Comments. According to Stumpf and Lambdin (2006), Asterolecanium is a paraphyletic genus without defining characters.