Valid Names Results

Formicococcus liui (Borchsenius, 1962) (Pseudococcidae: Formicococcus)

Nomenclatural History

Anaparaputo liui Borchsenius 1962a: 224. Type data: CHINA: Yunnan Province, Shindung, on Ficus sp.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Beijing: Institute of Entomology, Academy of Sciences, China; accepted valid name Illustr.
Paraputo liui (Borchsenius, 1962); Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin 2015: 41. change of combination
Formicococcus liui (Borchsenius, 1962); Zhang & Wu 2022: 159. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Moraceae

Ficus | BenDov1994 Borchs1962a Tang1992
Ficus virens | ZhangWu2022

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

China

Guizhou (=Kweichow) | ZhangWu2022
Yunnan | Borchs1962a

Keys

ZhangWu2022: pp.165-166 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic and Oriental Formicococcus species]
DanzigGa2015: pp.29-31 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic Paraputo species] Key as: Paraputo liui

Remarks

Systematics: Since it has an anal lobe bar on each anal lobe, Anaparaputo liui Borchsenius was transferred to Formicococcus by Zhang & Wu (2022).
General Remarks: Good description of the adult female given by Tang (1992).

Illustrations

Citations

BenDov1994: catalog, 33
Borchs1962a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 224
DanzigGa2015: description, distribution, host, illustration, key, taxonomy, 40-41
Tang1992: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 277
TangHaTa1992: distribution, host, 5
Tao1999: distribution, host, taxonomy, 8
ZhangWu2022: distribution, host, key, taxonomy, 159, 166