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Published on: December 14, 2013
A new species of Paraputo Laing 1929 (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) from India
Sunil Joshi1, B Amarendra2, Viyolla Pavana Mendonce3
1National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources (ICAR - NBAIR); Post Bag No. 2491; H.A. Farm post; Bellary Road; Bengaluru 560 024; Karnataka; India. sunjoshi.pdbc@gmail.com.
Abstract:
A new mealybug species, Paraputo blackmani Joshi, sp. n. (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) is described and illustrated based on adult females collected from Butea monosperma (Fabaceae), in Bengaluru Rural district, Karnataka, southern India. The new mealybug is most similar morphologically to P. mazoensis (Hall). Ants belonging to the genus Nylanderia were found tending the mealybugs; notes on the ecological associates of the mealybug and a key to adult females of all the species of Paraputo recorded from India are provided.
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