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]
| Putoidae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Superfamily: | Coccoidea |
| Family: | Putoidae Beardsley, 1969 |
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References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Family: Putoidae". USDA Agricultural Research Service. Archived from the original on October 11, 2010. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
- ^ "Puto: Names". Encyclopedia of Life. April 2013. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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 (PDF) from the original on 25 February 2013.
External links
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Data related to Putoidae at Wikispecies