A review of the mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae, Putoidae and Rhizoecidae) of Iran, with descriptions of four new species and three new records for the Iranian fauna
Author
Moghaddam, Masumeh
text
Zootaxa
2013
3632
1
1
107
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3632.1.1
9c199b92-053a-4666-8806-25e56d1a9248
1175-5326
217619
7BE28464-2EC4-4621-8791-79312948C8C9
FAMILY
PUTOIDAE TANG
Recent phylogenetic analyses based on nucleotide sequence data have shown that the genus
Puto
does not belong to the
Pseudococcidae
(Cook
et al.
2002; Gullan & Cook, 2007; Hardy
et al
. 2008) but should be placed in a separate family,
Putoidae
, as indicated by Williams
et al.
(2011, 2008).
DIAGNOSIS.
Adult female: eyes tall, height usually as great as length of first antennal segment; antennae usually 9 segmented, rarely 8; antennal intersegmental sensilla present between segments III & IV, IV & V and VI & VII, never present between segments V & VI; each surface of trochanter with 2–5 (usually 3 or 4) campaniform sensilla; claw usually with a pair of basal spurs; claw digitules often capitate but tarsal digitules almost never capitate; with at least 18 pairs of cerarii on sclerotised plates, if more pairs present, increase due to division of cerarii on certain segments; long tubular ducts almost always present on frons (anterior to mouthparts); multilocular pores present on venter; quinquelocular pores absent; trilocular pores usually of 3 sizes, ventral pores smallest, dorsal pores noticeably larger, cerarian pores slightly larger than dorsal pores.