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Puto trivenosus (Germar & Berendt, 1856) (Putoidae: Puto)

Monophlebus trivenosus Germar & Berendt 1856: 3. Type data: Inclusion in Baltic amber.. Holotype, unknown, accepted valid name Notes: The type was deposited in Koenigsberg Collection. It disappeared during the Second World War (Jan Koteja, personal information to Yair Ben-Dov; February 2001. Illustr.
Palaeococcus trivenosus (Germar & Berendt, 1856); Cockerell 1902q: 233. change of combination
Ceroputo trivenosus (Germar & Berendt, 1856); Cockerell 1909a: 100. change of combination
Puto trivenosus (Germar & Berendt, 1856); Koteja 1984d: 440. change of combination

Systematics: The adult male of this fossil scale insect was originally assigned to Monophlebus in Margarodidae. Cockerell (1909a), Ferris (1941), Koteja (1984d: 452) and J.W. Beardsley (in letter to Jan Koteja) suggested that it was very probably a member of Pseudococcidae.