Puto

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coccoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Paraneoptera Superordo: Condylognatha Ordo: Hemiptera Subordo: Sternorrhyncha Superfamilia: Coccoidea

Familia: Putoidae
Genus: Puto
Subgenera: P. (Ceroputo) – P. (Puto)

Overview of species

P. acirculus – P. albicans – P. ambiguus – P. antennatus – P. antioquensis – P. arctostaphyli

Name

Puto Signoret, 1876

Type species: Putonia antennata Signoret, by monotypy

Synonyms

• Putonia (Signoret) Signoret, 1875 (preoccupied by Putonia Stål, 1872 (Heteroptera)).
• Puto Signoret, 1876 (Replacement name for Putonia Signoret, 1875)
• Macrocerococcus Leonardi, 1907 (synonymized by Ferris, 1950:)

References

Additional references

• Gavrilov-Zimin, I.A. & Danzig, E.M. 2012. Taxonomic position of the genus Puto Signoret (Homoptera: Coccinea: Pseudococcidae) and separation of higher taxa in Coccinea. Zoosystematica Rossica 22(1): 97–111. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Williams, D.J. et al. 2011: A study of the scale insect genera Puto Signoret (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea: Putoidae) and Ceroputo Šulc (Pseudococcidae) with a comparison to Phenacoccus Cockerell (Pseudococcidae). Zootaxa, 2802: 1–26. Preview PDF