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Ceroputo nulliporus (McKenzie, 1960) (Pseudococcidae: Ceroputo)

Puto nulliporus McKenzie 1960: 733. Type data: U.S.A.: California, Imperial County, Palo Verde, on Bebbia juncea var. aspera. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Ceroputo nulliporus (McKenzie, 1960); Williams, Gullan, Miller, Matile-Ferrero & Han 2011: 15. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

Systematics: The placement of this species in the genus Puto was regarded as doubtful by Williams and Granara de Willink (1992). Character states that exclude this species from Puto are the campaniform sensilla on the trochanters are always two in number on each surface, the antennal intersegmental sensilla are tiny and present only between segments VI and VII, there are no multilocular pores, and the trilocular pores in the cerarii are the same size as those on the rest of the derm. Character states that it shares with species of Puto are the possession of basal spurs on the claw, although the spurs on C. nulliporus are thin and very poorly developed. Despite some conflicting evidence, Williams, et al. transfered it to Ceroputo.
General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by McKenzie (1960, 1967).