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Issue: Vol. 5590 No. 1: 20 Feb. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-02-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5590.1.8
Page range: 133-140
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Two scale insect species (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) associated with Chinese sweetgum in China, with description of a new species of Paraputo Laing, 1929 (Pseudococcidae)

Institute of Entomology; Guizhou University; The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources; Guizhou University; Guiyang; 550025 P. R. China
Institute of Entomology; Guizhou University; The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources; Guizhou University; Guiyang; 550025 P. R. China
Institute of Entomology; Guizhou University; The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources; Guizhou University; Guiyang; 550025 P. R. China
Hemiptera Sternorrhyncha Coccoidea mealybug host plant ant carton shelter taxonomy

Abstract

A new species of mealybug (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae), Paraputo liboensis Liu, Tan & Xing sp. nov., is described and illustrated from Guizhou Maolan National Nature Reserve, Guizhou Province, China. It was found together with Megalocryptes buteae Takahashi, 1942 (Coccomorpha: Coccidae) on a branch of Chinese sweetgum, Liquidambar formosana Hance (Altingiaceae), under carton shelters built by an ant, Crematogaster sp. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). An updated key to the Paraputo species of China is provided.

 

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