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Paraputo raufi Zarkani & Kaydan, 2025 (Pseudococcidae: Paraputo)

Nomenclatural History

• Paraputo raufi Zarkani & Kaydan 2025: 57. Type data: INDONESIA: East Kalimantan Province, Sepaku, on Meliaceae, 11/15/2024, coll. A. Zarkani. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Bengkulu: Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bengkulu, Bengkulu, Indonesia; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: same data as holotype 3 ♀♀ on one slide, each slide with 2 specimens (MZB) Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Associates:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• ZarkanReFa2025: pp.62 ( Adult (F) ) [Paraputo found in Southeast and southern Asia (adapted from Williams (2004))]

Remarks

• Systematics: Paraputo raufi is most similar to P. spatholobi Williams in possessing large oral collar tubular ducts present on margins of abdominal segment VI and ventral sclerotized patches absent from margins of abdominal segments VII and VI. However, P. raufi can be readily distinguished by having: (i) ventral sclerotized patches present on anal lobes; (ii) multilocular disc pores present on abdominal segments V–VIII; and (iii) vulva with a pair noticeable sclerotized internal pocket. Paraputo raufi also resembles P. latebrae Williams in having: (i) large oral collar tubular ducts present on abdominal segment IV only, each duct over 1.5 times as wide as a trilocular pore, in distinct groups, even if only 1 or 2 present; (ii) circulus large, divided by an intersegmental line; and (iii) setae on each side of anal ring, of similar length to or a bit shorter than an anal ring seta, and ventral submarginal setae on abdominal segments V–VIII shorter than anal ring setae. However, P. raufi can be distinguished from P. latebrae in having: (i) setae flanking anal ring noticeably longer than other dorsal setae; (ii) two pairs of long stout setae present just to posterior to anal ring (iii) ventral sclerotized patches present on margins of abdominal segment VIII only; (iv) cisanal setae slender, shorter than an anal ring seta; (v) translucent pores present on coxa only; and (vi) large oral collar tubular ducts absent from head. It is also similar to P. acehicus Williams. (Zarkani et al. 2025)
• Structure: In life, adult females produce a powdery white wax covering the dorsal surface of the body. Slide-mounted adult female: Body broadly oval, sometimes almost rotund, membranous, largest specimens 2.5 mm long and 1.7 mm wide. Anal lobes moderately developed, each ventral surface bearing a stout apical seta 84 μm long arising from a large circular-to-oval sclerotized area, 76 μm wide, on ventral margin of abdominal segment VIII, occupying much of lobe. Antennae each 390 μm in total length, with 7 antennomeres; antennal setae mostly short. Anal lobe cerarii each normally containing 6 or 7 conical setae of different sizes, largest about 27.5 μm long and 6.3 μm wide at base, and a small compact group of trilocular pores. (Zarkani et al. 2025)
• Biology: Living on woody parts of the host plant, commonly attended by ants of the genus Dolichoderus Lund (Zarkani et al. 2025).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration by Zarkani et al. (2025).

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