Valid Names Results

Paraputo blackmani Joshi, 2024 (Pseudococcidae: Paraputo)

Nomenclatural History

• Paraputo blackmani Joshi 2024: 569. Type data: INDIA: Karnataka, Bengaluru Rural, on Butea monosperma (Lam.) Taub , 7/26/2023, by V. Srinivas. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Bengaluru (Bangalore): National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bangalore, Karnataka, India; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: 9 ♀♀, same data as holotype, with 4 on the same slide as the holotype and the remaining 5 mounted on a second slide [ICAR/NBAIR/PSEUDO/Paraputo/260723-02-10]. Illustr.

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Ecological Associates

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• JoshiAmMe2024: pp.578 ( Adult (F) ) [Indian species of Paraputo]

Remarks

• Systematics: Paraputo blackmani is similar to P. mazoensis (Hall) in having seven cerarii, only a few conical setae (2 or 3) on each anal lobe cerarius and in having a similar distribution of ventral oral collar tubular ducts. Paraputo blackmani can be distinguished from P. mazoensis (characters of P. mazoensis given in the parentheses) in having (i) seven-segmented antennae (8-segmented antennae); (ii) translucent pores only on hind coxae (translucent pores on hind coxae and tibiae); (iii) anal lobe cerarii each with 2 conical setae (with 3 conical setae); (iv) penultimate cerarii each with six conical setae (with 9 conical setae); (v) anterior most cerarii with 3 conical setae (with 5 or fewer conical setae); (vi) multilocular pores present medially as far forward as abdominal segment V (as far forward as segment VI); and (vii) ventral surface of each anal lobe cerarius faintly sclerotized (with faint anal lobe bar). (Joshi, et al., 2024)
• Structure: In the field, some adult females were white and remained so even after preservation in 70% ethanol. These females did not show any morphological differences after mounting. Other live adult females were peach colored even when preserved in 70% ethanol. Body oval or rotund, ventral surface flat but dorsal surface semicircular in profile; legs and antennae yellowish brown, translucent; nymphs peach-pink, lightly dusted with wax; body of adult female covered by flocculent white mealy wax, without bare areas on dorsum; intersegmental areas without mealy wax; segmental lines visible only for posterior abdominal segments; very short lateral wax filaments present on abdominal segments, pair on last abdominal segment a little longer and curved; wax filaments absent from anterior abdominal segments, thorax and head (Fig. 2D). As females became rotund with age, wax cover on mid-dorsal area lost and females looked bare peach. Ovisac absent. Body of slide-mounted adult female broadly oval to almost circular, membranous; largest specimen 2.15–3.75 mm long and 1.98–3.38 mm wide (holotype 2.75 mm long, 2.13 mm wide). Antennae each normally 7 segmented. (Joshi, et al., 2024)
• Biology: A single flame-of-the-forest (Butea monosperma) tree was found to be infested with the mealybug; it was on the border of a field adjacent to a lake. Infestation of the mealybug was found in the furrow around a pit left where a branch had been torn off the trunk; the mealybugs were feeding on the exposed cambium tissue. (Joshi, et al., 2024)
• General Remarks: Detailed illustration, photographs and description in Joshi, et al., 2024.

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