Species: Paraputo odontomachi (Takahashi) - Catalog
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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, posterior pair only sightly longer than others, surrounding body margin; body covered by thick white mealy secretion. Probably on all above parts of host, reported on fruit.

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Validation characters: Ventrolateral areas of abdomen each with sclerotized area; anal ring with 12 to 16 setae; ostioles large, conspicuous; 17 pairs of cerarii; most cerarii with 2 conical setae; ventral multilocular disk pores absent from segment VIII, present on segments VI and VII, sometimes present on segment IV and V; ventral oral-collar tubular ducts present in marginal areas of segment VII, in medial areas of segments V and sometimes VI; translucent pores on hind coxa, femur, and tibia.

Comparison: Paraputo odontomachi is an unusual species of Paraputo because it has 2 conical setae in most cerarii and has more than 6 anal ring setae. It is placed in the genus because of the ventrolateral sclerotized areas on the abdomen; the large sclerotized area on the ventral anal lobe; the conspicuous ostioles; and the anal ring is placed at least its diameter from the posterior end of the abdomen.

U.S. quarantine notes: We have examined specimens taken at US ports-of-entry from India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Vietnam on Garcinia. Other species of Paraputo (formerly Cataenococcus) taken at US ports-of-entry are P. carnosae (Takahashi) (Malaysia on fern), P. guatemalensis Ferris (Mexico, Central and South America on orchids), P. ingrandis Balachowsky (Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia on several hosts), P. larai Williams (Costa Rica and Colombia on Cecropia), P. pandanicola Williams (Indonesia on Pandanus fruit), P. olivaceus (Cockerell) (Mexico and Central America on several hosts), and P. theaecola (Green) (India on Cucurma, Hedychium, and Zantesdechia).

References: Willia2004

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