A study of the genus Paraputo Laing, 1929 of China, with description of two new species (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Coccomorpha) Author Zhang, Jiang-Tao Author Wu, San-An text ZooKeys 2017 709 57 70 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.709.15161 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.709.15161 1313-2970-709-57 9B2A3779B63240E8ADBA77CB44D533D3 Paraputo gasteris Wang, 1982 Paraputo gasteris Wang, 1982: 317. Formicococcus gastrodiae Tang, 1992: 594. Formicococcus gasteris (Wang): Wu and Zheng 2001 : 201; Danzig and Gavrilov-Zimin 2015 : 21. Material examined. Four adult females, China: Sichuan, Chengdu city, Sichuan University, under bark crack of Platanus sp. ( Platanaceae ), attended by ants, 18.vii.2016, coll. Ge Li and San-an Wu. Six adult females, China: Sichuan, Langzhong city, under bark crack of Platanus sp. ( Platanaceae ), attended by ants, 2.viii.2014, coll. Jiang-tao Zhang and Xu-bo Wang. Nine adult females, China: Guizhou, Guiyang city, Huaxi qu, in ants' nest on Celtis sp. ( Ulmaceae ), 19.viii.2010, coll. San-an Wu and Yuan Lu. Two adult females, China: Guizhou, Guiyang city, Huaxi qu, in ants' nest on Populus sp. ( Salicaceae ), 19.viii.2010, coll. San-an Wu and Yuan Lu. Host plants. Orchidaceae : Gastrodia elata ; Platanaceae : Platanus sp.; Salicaceae : Populus sp.; Ulmaceae : Celtis sp. Distribution. China (Guizhou, Shaanxi, Sichuan). Remarks. Based on the sclerotization pattern of the ventral surface of each anal lobe (not forming an anal lobe bar), this species is transferred back to Paraputo , as P. gasteris Wang.