Paraputo, LAING, 1929

Caballero, Alejandro, 2021, Four new scale insect species (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) associated with coffee roots in Colombia, South America, with identification keys for genera Newsteadia Green, 1902, Distichlicoccus Ferris, 1950, and Paraputo Laing, 1929, Zoosystema 43 (18), pp. 341-363 : 355-356

IDENTIFICATION KEY TO NEW WORLD SPECIES OF PARAPUTO LAING, 1929 [adapted from descriptions and taxonomic keys in Balachowsky (1959), Williams (1969), Miller & McKenzie (1973), Williams & Granara de Willink (1992) and Foldi & Kozár (2005)]

1. Circulus absent ................................................................................................ P. guatemalensis ( Ferris, 1953)

— Circulus present .......................................................................................................................................... 2

2. Thorax without cerarii ................................................................................................................................. 3

— Thorax with cerarii ...................................................................................................................................... 6

3. Multilocular disc pores absent; hind coxa without translucent pores ................. P. formicarii (Enrhorn, 1899)

— Multilocular disc pores present; hind coxa with translucent pores ................................................................ 4

4. Head without oral collar tubular ducts ................................................................ P. taquarae (Hempel, 1912)

— Head with oral collar tubular ducts ............................................................................................................. 5

5. Dorsum without oral collar tubular ducts; venter with oral collar tubular ducts all same size .......................... ..................................................................................................................... P. phoradendri (Cockerell, 1912)

— Dorsum with oral collar tubular ducts; venter with oral collar tubular ducts of 2 sizes .................................... ............................................................................................................. P. asparodensis ( Foldi & Kozár, 2005)

6. Dorsum with oral collar tubular ducts ......................................................................................................... 7

— Dorsum without oral collar tubular ducts .................................................................................................... 9

7. Cerarii separate, numbering 17 pairs ................................................. P. angustus (Ezzat & McConnell, 1956)

— Cerarii merged into a continuous marginal band ......................................................................................... 8

8. Thorax with ventral oral collar tubular ducts .................. P. ductorum ( Williams & Granara de Willink, 1992)

— Thorax without ventral oral collar tubular ducts ................................................. P. olivaceus (Cockerell, 1896)

9. Hind coxa with translucent pores .............................................................................................................. 10

— Hind coxa without translucent pores ......................................................................................................... 14

10. Hind femur and tibiae without translucent pores; anal ring setae each shorter than diameter of ring .............. ........................................................................................... P. taylori ( Williams & Granara de Willink, 1992)

— Hind femur and tibiae with translucent pores; anal ring setae each as long as or longer than diameter of ring .... 11

11. Anal ring with 8 setae or more ........................................................................ P. subcorticis (Morrison, 1922)

— Anal ring with 6 setae ................................................................................................................................ 12

12. Cerarii merged to form a continuous marginal band .................................... P. ingrandi ( Balachowsky, 1959)

— Cerarii separate, numbering 17 pairs ......................................................................................................... 13

13. Hind trochanter with translucent pores; head with oral collar tubular ducts ........... P. larai ( Williams, 1969)

— Hind trochanter without translucent pores; head without oral collar tubular ducts ............... P. theobromicola ( Williams & Granara de Willink, 1992)

14. Thorax with multilocular disc pores ................................................................ P. cualatensis (Cockerell, 1903)

— Thorax without multilocular disc pores ..................................................................................................... 15

15. Anal ring with 8 or more setae .......................................................................... P. rotundus (Morrison, 1922)

— Anal ring with 6 setae ................................................................................................................................ 16

16 Oral collar tubular ducts clearly of 2 sizes; head without tubular ducts ...................................... P. nasai n. sp.

— Oral collar tubular ducts all same size, with some present on head ............................................................ 17

17. Hind femoral anterior surface bearing about 21 setae; hind tibial anterior surface with 20-26 setae. Abdominal segments VII and VIII with longest dorsal seta about 30 µm long .................................................................. ............................................................................................................................ P. podagrosus ( Green, 1933)

— Hind femoral anterior surface bearing 11-13 setae; hind tibial anterior surface with 10 or 11 setae. Abdominal segments VII and VIII with longest dorsal seta about 50 µm long .................................................................. .................................................................................. P. colombiensis ( Williams & Granara de Willink, 1992)