Valid Names Results

Paraputo comantis Wang, 1978 (Pseudococcidae: Paraputo)

Paraputo comantis Wang 1978: 416. Type data: CHINA: Chekiang, on Fraxinus chinensis. Holotype, female, Type depository: Beijing: Institute of Entomology, Academy of Sciences, China; accepted valid name Illustr.
Formicococcus comantis (Wang, 1978); Tang 1992: 288. change of combination
Formicoccus commantis Tang, Hao & Tang 1992: 5. misspelling of both genus and species names
Formicococcus commantis (Tang, Hao & Tang, 1992); Tang 1992: 288. misspelling of species epithet
Formicococcus commantis (Tang, Hao & Tang, 1992); Tao 1999: 15. misspelling of species epithet
Paraputo comantis Wang, 1978; Zhang & Wu 2017: 58. revived combination (previously published)

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

LiZhWu2024: pp.479 ( Adult (F) ) [Chinese Paraputo]
Tanaka2022: pp.342 ( Adult (F) ) [Paraputo species in East Asia]
ZhangWu2017: pp.67 ( Adult (F) ) [Paraputo species from China]
WuZh2001: pp.204-205 ( Adult (F) ) [Formicococcus species of China] Key as: Formicococcus comantis
Tang1992: pp.287 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic & Oriental regions] Key as: Formicococcus comantis
Wang1982a: pp.315 ( Adult (F) ) [China] Key as: Formicococcus comantis

Systematics: The genus Paraputo is morphologically similar to Formicococcus. Williams (2004) reviewed these two genera, using the presence or absence of an anal lobe bar for generic separation, with the bar being absent in Paraputo. However, Danzig and Gavrilov-Zimin (2015) considered the bar as subject to individual variation, and separated Paraputo and Formicococcus according to the number of setae in anal ring. Zhang & Wu (2017) adopted the suggestion of Williams (2004), who regarded the number of ring setae as not having any generic significance. Based on their studies, the anal ring usually bears six basic setae, and when more setae are present, the extra setae are usually slender and short and vary in their positions. Paraputo comantis Wang was transferred to Formicococcus as F. comantis (Wang) by Tang (1992) on account of the species possessing multiple setae in the anal ring. In Zhang & Wu, 2017, this character was not regarded as having generic significance. Based on the original description and illustration of Wang (1978), the venter of each anal lobe does not have an anal lobe bar; hence, this species was transferred back to Paraputo, as originally described.
General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Wang (1978) and by Tang (1992).