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Puto subericola (Vayssiere, 1927) (Putoidae: Puto)

Phenacoccus subericola Vayssiere 1927: 110. Type data: MOROCCO: Machra el-Kettane, on Quercus suber. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (MarottTr1993,194). Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name
Puto subericola (Vayssiere, 1927); Balachowsky 1953n: 304. change of combination

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

Structure: Female up to 4 mm long. Antennae 9-segmented. Trochanter with 3 sensillae. Claw with denticle; claw digitules longer than claw, with slightly enlarged apex. Circulus comparatively small, broadly oval. Multilocular pores sparsely scattered on all medial zone of venter. Quinquelocular pores absent. Trilocular poes evenly scattered on entire body surface; dorsal trilocular pores larger than ventral ones. Tubular ducts of two sizes; larger ducts present in marginal and in some additional non-marginal cerarii; small ducts forming frontal group anterior to mouthparts. Cerarii numbering 25 marginal pairs; additional cerarii forming 4 longitudinal rows along the dorsal surface of body. Dorsal surface covered by conical setae of different sizes, some of which are similar in size to cerarian setae. (Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2014)
General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Vayssiere (1927) and by Marotta & Tranfaglia (1993). Ben-Dov (1994) erroneously listed this species also as Phenacoccus subericola.