Species: Paraputo guatemalensis (Ferris) - Catalog
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Common name: Largeduct mealybug

Field Characters: We have been unable to locate a description of the field characteristics of this species in the literature. Based on characteristics of slide-mounted adult female: body round; ovisac absent from dorsum and poorly developed or absent on venter; 17 pairs of thick lateral filaments, possibly coalescing, posterior pair only sightly longer than others, surrounding body margin; body covered by thick white mealy secretion. On all parts of orchid host including roots.

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Validation characters: Oral-collar tubular ducts short, wider than long; hind legs without translucent pores; anal-lobe cerarius with more than 5 conical setae; circulus absent; dorsal setae conspicuously longer on abdominal segments VI, VII, and VIII than on remainder of surface.

Comparison: The above combination of characters separates P. guatemalensis from all other species of Paraputo.

U.S. quarantine notes: This species is commonly intercepted on orchids from Mexico, and Central and South America. Williams (2004) and Tang (1992) treated Cataenococcus as a junior synonym of Paraputo.

References: Ferris1953a; MillerMc1973; Tang1992; WilliaGr1992.

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