Valid Names Results

Australiputo Williams, 1985 (Pseudococcidae)

Australiputo Williams 1985: 60. Type species: Pseudococcus casuarinae Maskell by original designation . accepted valid name
Ceroputo Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin 2014: 169;. . incorrect synonymy (discovered by Gullan2021: 1)

Systematics: Subfamily: Phenacoccinae (Choi & Lee) zoobank.org:act:88B9A499-46E1-475B-A80A-437EF5F178E6
Although Australiputo currently is placed in the Phenacoccinae (Hardy et al. 2008), the morphology of the adult females only partly fits this subfamily. (Gullan, 2021)
Detailed comparison of the adult females of the two named species of Australiputo showed that they differ from the female of the type species of Ceroputo as follows (features of C. pilosellae in parentheses): body margin with 25 pairs of distinct cerarii, each on a sclerotised area, plus several smaller clusters of setae and trilocular pores (18 pairs and no smaller clusters); cerarian setae conical (lanceolate to conical with flagellate apex); multilocular and quinquelocular disc pores absent (both present); body large, 5.0–8.5 mm long, shape broadly oval (up to 3.5 mm long, oval); antennal segments II–V each long relative to width, with L:W ratio of each of these segments 4.0–6.5 (ratios of 2.1–3.1); and labium with acute apex and about 1/6 size of clypeolabral shield (apex rounded, only slightly smaller than clypeolabral shield). (Gullan, 2021)
General Remarks: Good definition and characters given by Williams (1985).