Valid Names Results
Paraputo guatemalensis (Ferris, 1953) (Pseudococcidae: Paraputo)Nomenclatural History
- Farinococcus guatemalensis Ferris 1953a: 354. Type data: GUATEMALA: intercepted in U.S.A., on Odontoglossum grande. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (MillerMc1973,493). Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Cataenococcus guatemalensis (Ferris, 1953); Ferris 1955: 3. change of combination
- Paraputo guatemalensis (Ferris, 1953); Matile-Ferrero 1978: 50. change of combination
Common Names
- largeduct mealybug MillerMc1973
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 2 | Genera: 15
- Bromeliaceae
- Bromeliaceae | BenDov1994
- Orchidaceae
- Brassavola | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Brassia arcuigera | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992 | (= Brassia longissima)
- Cattleya | BenDov1994 MillerMc1973 WilliaGr1992
- Epidendrum | BenDov1994 MillerMc1973 WilliaGr1992
- Erycina pusilla | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992 | (= Oncidium pusillum)
- Laelia | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Laelia anceps | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Miltonia flavescens | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Mormodes | BenDov1994 MillerMc1973
- Oncidium | BenDov1994 MillerMc1973 | (= Odontoglossum)
- Oncidium ansiferum | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Orchidaceae | Willia1992
- Psychilis atropurpurea | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992 | (= Epidendrum atropurpureum)
- Rhynchostele cordata | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992 | (= Odontoglossum maculatum)
- Rossioglossum grande | BenDov1994 Ferris1953a Ferris1955 WilliaGr1992 | (= Odontoglossum grande)
- Stanhopea oculata | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Trichocentrum lanceanum | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992 | (= Oncidium lanceanum)
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 16
- Belize | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Bolivia | BenDov1994 MillerMc1973 WilliaGr1992
- Brazil | BenDov1994 MillerMc1973 WilliaGr1992
- Colombia | BenDov1994 MillerMc1973 WilliaGr1992
- Costa Rica | BenDov1994 MillerMc1973 WilliaGr1992
- Dominican Republic | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- El Salvador | BenDov1994 MillerMc1973 WilliaGr1992
- Guatemala | BenDov1994 Ferris1953a Ferris1955 WilliaGr1992
- Haiti | PerezG2008
- Honduras | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Jamaica | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Mexico | BenDov1994 Kondo2001 MillerMc1973 WilliaGr1992
- Nicaragua | MillerMc1973
- Panama | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Suriname | MillerMc1973 WilliaGr1992
- Venezuela | BenDov1994 MillerMc1973 WilliaGr1992
Keys
- Caball2021: pp.355-356 ( Adult (F) ) [New World Paraputo]
- MillerMc1973: pp.490 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- McKenz1967: pp.81 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A., California]
- Ferris1953a: pp.352 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
Remarks
- Biology: This species seems to be confined to the plant family Orchidaceae, although there are records also from the Bromeliaceae.
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Ferris (1953a, 1955), Miller & McKenzie (1973) and by Williams & Granara de Willink (1992).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1994: catalog, 70
- BenDovWi2006: taxonomy, 252
- Caball2021: key, 355
- Ferris1953a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 354-355
- Ferris1955: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 3
- FoldiKo2006: taxonomy, 308
- Kondo2001: distribution, host, taxonomy, 35
- Matile1978: taxonomy, 50
- MillerMc1973: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 493-496
- PerezG2008: distribution, 216
- WilliaGr1992: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 80-82