Asterolecanium

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

Key to the species of Asterolecanium in Argentina (adult females)

1. Eight-shaped pores in single marginal row and in dorsal medial and transverse bands................................................................................. A. puteanum Russell

— Eight-shaped pores in double or triple marginal rows; not arranged in dorsal bands............... 2

2(1). Oval body shape; eight-shaped pores in three sizes in marginal rows, most reaching the last abdominal segment; Eight-shaped pores similar to marginal ones absent on dorsum; antennae with 3–4 long fleshy setae and 2–3 short, thin, pointed setae.......................... A. quaesitum Russell

— Circular body shape; marginal eight-shaped pores in three rows from head to prothoracic spiracles, continuing in double rows to the sixth abdominal segment and in a single row to the anal area; dorsum with scattered eight-shaped pores of different sizes; antennae with two fleshy and two thin setae with rounded ends.................................................... A. viridulum Cockerell