Valid Names Results

Puto borealis (Borchsenius, 1948) (Putoidae: Puto)

Nomenclatural History

• Ceroputo pilosellae; Kiritshenko 1936a: 315. misidentification (discovered by Borchs1948b, 38).
• Macrocerococcus borealis Borchsenius 1948b: 38. Type data: RUSSIA: Ural, on unidentified plant. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Danzig1999,85). Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name
• Puto alpinus Balachowsky 1953m: 298. Type data: FRANCE: Hautes Alpes, Roche Blanche, on roots of Alchemila sp.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; junior synonym (discovered by MarottTr1993, 177). Illustr.
• Puto janetscheki Balachowsky 1953m: 295. Type data: FRANCE: Hautes Alpes, Tete de l'Aure and Roche Blanche, on Poa alpina, Luzula sp., Vaccinium myrtillus and Alchemila sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; junior synonym (discovered by DanzigGa2014, 144). Notes: Although Danzig & Gavrilov-Ziimin (2014) designated Puto janetcheki as a junior synonym of Puto borealis, Gavrilov seems to have treated Puto janetcheki as a valid species in Gavrilov-Zimin (2018). Illustr.
• Puto janetcheki Balachowsky, 1953; Kozár & Walter 1985: 72. misspelling of species epithet
• Macrocerococcus janetscheki (Balachowsky, 1953); Tang 1992: 398. change of combination
• Puto borealis (Borchsenius, 1948); Ben-Dov 1994: 420. change of combination
• Puto borealis (Borchsenius, 1948); Ben-Dov 1994: 420. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

• Alpine mealybug KosztaKo1988F
• alpine mealybug KosztaKo1988F

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 5 | Genera: 5

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• DanzigGa2014: pp.141-142 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Puto]
• Danzig1999: pp.80 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region]
• Danzig1988: pp.699 ( Adult (F) ) [Far East of the USSR]
• KosztaKo1988F: pp.136 ( Adult (F) ) [Central Europe] Key as: Puto janetscheki
• Danzig1978b: pp.125 ( Adult (F) ) [Far East of the USSR]
• Borchs1949: pp.291 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctric region ]
• Borchs1948b: pp.33 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region]

Remarks

• Systematics: This alpine Puto species was described from various plants in the Hautes Alpes of southeastern France. Puto alpinus was described based on the third-instar female and was synonymised with P. janetscheki by Marotta and Tranfaglia (1993). The claws are without denticles, but other features of the adult female are typical for Puto species, including the presence of a pair of basal spurs on each claw. (Williams, et al., 2011) This species has a unique character - the absence of claw denticle - consistent in both P. borealis and P. janetscheki and, unable to find any differences between the two, P janetscheki was determined to be a junior synomym of P. borealis. (Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2014)
• Structure: Female body up to 5 mm long. Antennae 9-segmented. Trochanger with 3 sensillae. Claw without denticle; claw digitules shorter than claw, with pointed apex. Circulus one, small broadly oval. Multilocular pores with 1-3 central loculi, umerous on all vental surfaces. Quinquelocular pores absent. Trilocular pores scattered on all surfaces of the body; dorsal trilocular pores larger than ventral ones Tubular ducts of two sizes, present on venter only; short ducts forming trnasverse rows on abdominal sternites; long ducts present in small number anteriorly to mouthparts; sometimes these frontal ducts completely absent. Marginal cerarii numbering 19-20 pairs; additional derarii forming submarginal row. Dorsal surface of body covered by large conical setae with are similar in size with cerarian setae. (Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2014)
• Biology: Occurring on the roots and lower parts of the host plant.
• General Remarks: Good description of the adult female given by Borchsenius (1948b, 1949) and by Danzig (1999).Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Balachowsky (1953m) and by Marotta & Tranfaglia (1993). Good description of the adult female given by Kosztarab & Kozár (1988F) and by Tang (1992).

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