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Puto bicirculatus Gavrilov-Zimin, 2023 (Putoidae: Puto)

Puto bicirculatus Gavrilov-Zimin 2023: 304. Type data: MEXICO: Oaxaca state, Pochutla Distr., hills near playa Zipolite, on the stems and leaves of a dicotyledonous herbaceous plant, 10/13/2021, by Gavrilov-Zimin. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes. K 1665, 2 females and 1 late instar larvae (all on separate preparations) with the same data as in the holotype; 1 female and 3 late instar larvae (all on separate preparations), MEXICO, state of Oaxaca, Pochutla region, ocean coast near Zipolite beach, on a branch of an unidentified tree, October 15, 2021; coll.: I. Gavrilov-Zimin Illustr.

Countries: 1

Systematics: Puto bicirculatus seems to be most similar with the widely distributed P. barberi(Cockerell, 1895), but differs from the last in the presence of 2 distinct circuli (stable character in all prepared adult females and larvae), in 15–16 pairs of cerarii (instead of 17–18), in more numerous tubular ducts (especially on abdominal sternites), and in very poorly developed ostioles, which are invisible in most specimens. (Gavrilov-Zimin 2023)
Structure: Adult female. Body broadly oval, about 4 mm long in mature females, covered with plates of white dense wax. Antenna 9-segmented, about 1500 μm long. Legs well developed; claw with a denticle; claw digitules with small apical knobs. Anal apparatus with 8 setae and 2 semirings of pores (each semiring with 4 rows of pores). Both pairs of ostioles very poorly developed, invisible in most studied specimens. (Gavrilov-Zimin 2023)
General Remarks: Detailed description, photographs and illustrations in Gavrilov-Zimin