Paraputo szemaoensis (Borchsenius, 1960)

Zhang, Jiang-Tao & Wu, San-An, 2017, A study of the genus Paraputo Laing, 1929 of China, with description of two new species (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Coccomorpha), ZooKeys 709, pp. 57-70 : 64

Paraputo szemaoensis (Borchsenius, 1960)

Lachnodiopsis szemaoensis Borchsenius, 1960: 923; Wang 1982: 64, 2001: 120; Tang 1992: 298.

Paraputo szemaoensis (Borchsenius): Williams 2004: 484.

Formicococcus szemaoensis (Borchsenius): Danzig and Gavrilov-Zimin 2015: 26.

Material examined.

Two adult females, China: Yunnan, Puer city, Simao qu, on Pasania sp. ( Fagaceae ), 26.iii.1957, coll. N.S. Borchsenius.

Host plant.

Fagaceae : Pasania sp.

Distribution.

China (Yunnan).

Remarks.

After study of original material, Lachnodiopsis szemaoensis Borchsenius was transferred to Paraputo as P. szemaoensis (Borchsenius) by Williams (2004). As it has more than six setae on the anal ring, Danzig and Gavrilov-Zimin (2015) recognised Lachnodiopsis as a junior synonym of Formicococcus and made a new combination, F. szemaoensis (Borchsenius). Because the presence of more than six ring setae has been treated as an invalid generic character herein, we still agree with the opinion of Williams (2004) and consider Lachnodiopsis to be a junior synonym of Paraputo .