A study of the scale insect genera Puto Signoret (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea: Putoidae) and Ceroputo Šulc (Pseudococcidae) with a comparison to Phenacoccus Cockerell (Pseudococcidae)
Author
Han, Sarah I.
text
Zootaxa
2011
2802
1
22
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.207286
2be57930-4fab-46ee-9089-27e49ec71c95
1175-5326
207286
Puto janetscheki
Balachowsky
Puto janetscheki
Balachowsky, 1953a
: 295
.
Puto alpinus
Balachowsky, 1953a
: 298
. Synonymy by
Marotta and Tranfaglia, 1993
: 177
.
Macrocerococcus janetscheki
;
Tang, 1992
: 398
. Change of combination.
This alpine
Puto
species was described from various plants in the Hautes Alpes of southeastern
France
.
Puto alpinus
was described based on the third-instar female and was synonymised with
P. janetscheki
by
Marotta and Tranfaglia (1993)
. The claws are without denticles, but other features of the adult female are typical for
Puto
species, including the presence of a pair of basal spurs on each claw. We agree with the illustration of this species given by
Marotta and Tranfaglia (1993)
but we provide additional information on the antennal sensilla in Table 1.