Valid Names Results

Puto peyerimhoffi (Vayssiere, 1923) (Putoidae: Puto)

Phenacoccus peyerimhoffi Vayssiere 1923: 152. Type data: ALGERIA: Massif de l'Aures, on Juniperus thurifera. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (MarottTr1993,188). Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name
Puto peyerimhoffi (Vayssiere, 1923); Balachowsky 1953n: 304. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

Systematics: The generic and family placement of this species is problematic because it possesses characteristics of both Puto and Ceroputo. The presence of 12 eyes on the adult male, seven-segmented antennae on the first-instar nymph and, on the adult female, basal spurs on the claw, tubular ducts on the frons, and three sensilla on each surface of the trochanter, are features consistent with species of Puto. The absence of multilocular pores and the presence of quinquelocular pores are features consistent with species of Ceroputo. The similarity of this species to Ceroputo nulliporus and C. mimicus was pointed out by Marotta and Tranfaglia (1993). Williams, et al. retained this species in Puto because it possesses more features of this genus than of Ceroputo, but they felt that further investigations were required. (Williams, et al., 2011) Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2014, describe this species as up to 4 mm in length and the antennae as 9-segmented.
General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Vayssiere (1923), Marotta & Tranfaglia (1993). Ben-Dov (1994) erroneously listed this species also as Phenacoccus peyerimhoffi.