Paraputo ­­Laing,­­1929

Joshi, Sunil, Amarendra, B., Mendonce, Viyolla Pavana & Sushil, S. N., 2024, -- A- - new- - species- - of- - Paraputo- - Laing- - 1929 -- (Hemiptera: -- Coccomorpha: -- Pseudococcidae) -- from- - India, Zootaxa 5443 (4), pp. 567-579 : 568-578

Genus­­ Paraputo ­­Laing,­­1929 ­­

Type ­­species Paraputo ritchiei Laing, 1929 .

Paraputo Laing, 1929: 473 ; Ferris 1955: 5; Williams 1958: 217, 1960: 419, 2004: 484, 2005: 3343; Morrison & Morrison 1966: 146; Matile-Ferrero 1978: 39; Williams & Watson 1988: 151; Tang 1992: 304; Ben-Dov 1994: 282; Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin 2015: 27.

Cataenococcus Ferris, 1955: 3 ; Williams 1960: 419; Williams & Granara de Willink 1992: 73; Ben-Dov 1994. Type species Dactylopius olivaceus Cockerell , by original designation. Synonymised by Tang 1992: 304.

Lachnodiopsis Borchsenius, 1960: 923 ; Tang 1992: 297; Wang 2001: 118; Williams 2004: 485. Type species Lachnodiopsis szemaoensis Borchsenius , by original designation. Synonymised by Williams 2004: 484.

Generic­­diagnosis (adapted from Williams 2004). Body of adult female broadly oval to rotund. Antennae 6 to 8 segmented. Legs well developed, stout, tibia + tarsus usually shorter than trochanter + femur; translucent pores normally present on hind coxa, femur and tibia; claw stout, without a denticle.Anal ring generally situated on dorsal surface, at least its own length from apex of abdomen, bearing 6 or multiple setae. Circulus present or absent. Cerarii numbering 5–18 pairs; cerarii on posterior abdominal segments (including anal lobe cerarii) usually each containing multiple conical setae; sometimes intermediate cerarii or intermediate conical setae present. Ostioles well developed, with inner edges of lips sclerotized. Multilocular disc pores present, rarely absent. Oral collar tubular ducts present, usually across medial area of venter and sometimes in marginal groups. Anal lobes ventrally membranous or with various degrees of sclerotization, never with a well sclerotized anal lobe bar. Dorsal setae usually minute and stiff, ventral surface usually with normal flagellate setae.

Key­­to­­adult­­females­­of­­Indian­­species­­of­­ Paraputo

1(0) Antenna 8 segmented; with 18 pairs of discrete cerarii; many dorsal setae more than 2x longer than anal ring; a few oral collar tubular ducts present on dorsum of posterior abdominal segments............................. P. glycosmis Williams

- Antenna 7 segmented; discrete cerarii numbering no more than 17 pairs; dorsal setae much shorter than anal ring; oral collar tubular ducts absent from dorsum........................................................................ 2

2(1) Anal lobe cerarius containing 3 or more conical setae........................................................ 3

- Anal lobe cerarius containing only 2 conical setae........................................................... 4

3(2) Setae flanking anal ring shorter than anal ring setae; ventral marginal groups of large-type oral collar tubular ducts present as forward as abdominal segment II........................................................ P. theaecola (Green)

- Setae flanking anal ring as long as anal ring setae or longer; ventral marginal groups of oral collar tubular ducts only present as forward as abdominal segment IV or III................................................. P. errabundus Williams

4(2) Distinct cerarii numbering 17 pairs; all abdominal segments with ventral margin sclerotized; anal ring situated at 1‒2x its length from abdominal apex; hind coxa, femur and tibia all with translucent pores; multilocular disc-pores absent from area posterior to vulva; oral collar tubular ducts forming marginal groups on abdominal segment VII only.... P. odontomachi (Takahashi)

- Distinct cerarii numbering 7 pairs; only ventral surface of anal lobe sclerotized slightly; anal ring situated at less than 1x its length anterior to abdominal apex; hind leg with translucent pores on hind coxa only; multilocular pores present posterior to vulva; oral collar tubular ducts present on margins of abdominal segments IX‒VI.............. P. blackmani Joshi , sp.­­n.