Valid Names Results

Puto caucasicus Hadzibejli, 1956 (Putoidae: Puto)

Nomenclatural History

• Puto caucasicus Hadzibejli 1956: 515. Type data: GEORGIA: Tatsa, Meskheti, on Abies orientalis and A. nordmanianna. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Danzig1999,85). Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; Yerevan: Zoological Institute, Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Armenia; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• DanzigGa2014: pp.141-142 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Puto]
• Danzig1999: pp.80 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region]

Remarks

• Systematics: The presence of spurs at the base of the claw and a well-developed claw denticle (Danzig, 1999), as well as the distribution of intersegmental sensilla on the antennae of these specimens, are features consistent with other species of Puto. (Williams, et al., 2011)
• Structure: The adult females have 8-segmented antennae with segment III about twice the length of the others and with pseudoarticulation, and each trochanter possesses two (rarely three) campaniform sensilla. Ilya Gavrilov also examined first-instar nymphs and stated that they have 6- or 7-segmented antennae and adult males have 5 pairs of unicorneal eyes. (Williams, et al., 2011) Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2015, describe the adult female with 9-segmented antennae and the trocanter with 3 sensillae.
• Biology: Biology and ecology discussed by Kozarzhevskaya (1992).
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Hadzibejli (1956, 1959a) and by Danzig (1999). Good description of the adult female given by Tang (1992).

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