Valid Names Results

Paraputo leveri (Green, 1934) (Pseudococcidae: Paraputo)

Nomenclatural History

• Pseudococcus leveri Green 1934b: 473. Type data: SOLOMON ISLANDS: on Coccos nucifera. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (WilliaWa1988a,153). Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
• Paraputo leveri (Green, 1934); Williams 1960: 421. change of combination
• Cataenococcus leveri (Green, 1934); Matile-Ferrero 1978: 52. change of combination
• Paraputo leveri (Green, 1934); Ben-Dov 1994: 284. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 10 | Genera: 10

Associates:

Families: 1 | Genera: 5

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Willia2005a: pp.3357 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of pacific region]
• Willia2004a: pp.486-491 ( Adult (F) ) [Paraputo species of southern Asia]
• Tang1992: pp.306 ( Adult (F) ) [China]
• WilliaWa1988a: pp.151 ( Adult (F) ) [Tropical South Pacific Region]
• Willia1960: pp.419 ( Adult (F) ) [Solomon Islands]

Remarks

• Biology: Occurring on the roots of the host plant and tended by ants Ireneidris myops, Iridomyrmex myrmecodiae, Pheidole megacephala, Oecophylla smaragdina, Odontomachus simillimus and Technomyrmex detorquens.
• Economic Importance: Has been recorded as damaging the roots and killing coffee trees in Papua New Guinea (Williams, 1987).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Williams (1960), Beardsley (1966), Williams & Watson (1988a), Williams (2004a) and by Williams (2005a).

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