Valid Names Results

Paraputo gasteris Wang, 1982 (Pseudococcidae: Paraputo)

Nomenclatural History

• Paraputo gasteris Wang 1982a: 317. Type data: CHINA: Sichuan Province, on Gastrodia Elata. Holotype, female, Type depository: Beijing: Institute of Entomology, Academy of Sciences, China; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Formicococcus gastrodiae Tang 1992: 594. Type data: CHINA: Shanxi Province, on Gastrodia elata. Holotype, female, Type depository: Shanxi: Entomological Institute, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi, China; junior synonym (discovered by WuZh2001, 201, 204). Illustr.
• Formicococcus gasteris (Wang, 1982); Wu & Zheng 2001: 201, 204. change of combination
• Formicococcus gastroidae; Wu & Zheng 2001: 204. misspelling of genus name Notes: Mis-spelling of Formicococcus gastrodiae Tang, 1992.
• Paraputo gasteris Wang, 1982; Zhang & Wu 2017: 58. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 4 | Genera: 4

Associates:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• 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 gasteris
• Wang1982a: pp.315 ( Adult (F) ) [China] Key as: Formicococcus gasteris

Remarks

• 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 gasteris Wang was transferred to Formicococcus as F. gasteris (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 sclerotization pattern of the ventral surface of each anal lobe (not forming an anal lobe bar), this species was transferred back to Paraputo, as P. gasteris Wang.
• Biology: Infests the roots of the host plant.
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of the adult female by Wang (1982a) and by Tang (1992).

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