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 Author Caballero, Alejandro Sistemática Insectos Agronomía, Museo entomológico UNAB, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá (Colombia) lacaballeror @ unal. edu. co lacaballeror@unal.edu.co text Zoosystema 2021 2021-06-24 43 18 341 363 journal article 5930 10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a18 f0e7fdea-7b84-4c69-9ce7-08bf971d3929 1638-9387 5037821 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:268737C0-07DC-4273-8C47-026B926E24F3 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 )