Putoidae

Putoidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Sternorrhyncha
Superfamily:	Coccoidea
Family:	Putoidae Beardsley, 1969
Genera and subgenera
Puto : Puto subgenus Ceroputo Šulc, 1897 Puto subgenus Puto Signoret, 1875 † Palaeotupo Koteja & Azar, 2008

Putoidae is a family of scale insects commonly known as giant mealybugs or putoids ^[1] The genus name Macrocerococcus has also been used but it is now considered to be a synonym of Puto. ^[2] The genus Puto was formerly classified as a member of the Pseudococcidae; ^[3] however, it so significantly differed from the rest of the Pseudococcidae that it was accorded its own family Putoidae. ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. Beardsley, John W. (1969). "A new fossil scale insect (Homoptera: Coccoidea) from Canadian amber". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology . 76 (3): 270–279. doi: 10.1155/1969/82354 .
2. "Family: Putoidae". USDA Agricultural Research Service. Archived from the original on October 11, 2010. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
3. "Puto: Names". Encyclopedia of Life. April 2013. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
4. Ben-Dov, Yair (1994), A systematic catalogue of the mealybugs of the world (Insecta: Homoptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae and Putoidae) with data on geographical distribution, host plants, biology and economic importance, Andover, Hampshire, UK: Intercept Limited, ISBN   978-1-898298-07-6
5. 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)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2802: 22. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2802.1.1. hdl: 1885/63136 . Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2013.

External links

Data related to Putoidae at Wikispecies