Valid Names Results

Puto huangshanensis Wu, 2001 (Putoidae: Puto)

Nomenclatural History

• Puto huangshanensis Wu 2001a: 333-335. Type data: CHINA: Anhui, Huangshan, on Quercus sp.; collected Wu, S.A., 13 May 1999. Two female paratype were collected on unidentified grass, with same locality and date.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Beijing: Forestry University, Beijing, China; accepted valid name

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 3

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• ZhengLiTa2025: pp.134 ( Adult (F) ) [Puto from the Old World (updated from Danzig & Gavrilov 2014)]
• ZhengLiTa2025: pp.135 ( Adult (M) ) [Known adult males of Puto (revised from Powell & Miller 2024)]
• PowellMi2024: pp.304-305 ( Adult (M) ) [Puto species]
• DanzigGa2014: pp.141-142 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Puto]

Remarks

• Systematics: Puto huangshanensis is similar to P. barberi but differs by having: (i) dorsal oral collar tubular ducts present near cerarii and on upper lips of anterior ostioles, also forming transverse bands across each segment (ii) large ventral ducts forming segmental groups on margins of abdomen; (iii) few lanceolate setae present on venter; and (iv) disc-pores each with 5, 7 or 9 circular loculi (Zheng et al., 2025).
• Structure: In life: Body oval, yellow; legs and antennae slender and well developed, light orange. Dorsum covered with plates of dense white flocculent wax, venter thinly covered with white mealy wax. Diagnostic characteristics: (i) circulus on abdominal segment III more than three times as wide as long, complete, with slight constriction medially; (ii) anal lobe cerarius containing 25–30 lanceolate setae; (iii) small multilocular disc-pores abundant from thorax to abdominal segment V; (iv) large multilocular disc-pores numerous on abdominal segments VI–VIII, plus a few present on posterior edge of segment V; (v) ostioles with setae on lips; (vi) anal ring bearing six acute setae; (vii) on dorsum, most cerarii each associated with large oral collar tubular ducts adjacent to sclerotized area; large ducts also present on upper lips of anterior ostioles, and forming transverse bands across posterior edge of each segment; (viii) on venter, numerous large oral collar tubular ducts present on abdominal margins; (ix) small oral collar tubular ducts present submarginally on venter of abdomen on inner edges of groups of large ducts, and forming transverse bands across abdominal segments II and IV–VII; (x) claws each with plantar denticle and a pair of basal spurs present, claw digitules clubbed, extending beyond apex of claw; (xi) cerarii numbering 16 or 17 pairs; (xii) with a large group of slender oral collar tubular ducts present anterior to clypeolabral shield; and (xiii) lanceolate setae present on venter. (Zheng et al., 2025)
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female and adult male by Wu (2001a). Redescription by Zheng et al. (2025).

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