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Puto  Signoret, 1875
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1254783

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Putonia Signoret, 1875
  
    Macrocerococcus Leonardi, 1907
  
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderAcercaria   
                               OrderHemiptera Linnaeus, 1758 – true bugs, hemipterans  
                                  SuborderSternorrhyncha   
                                     SuperfamilyCoccoidea Fallén, 1814 – scales, mealybugs, coccids  
                                        FamilyPutoidae Tang, 1992  
                                           GenusPuto Signoret, 1875  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Species Puto acirculus McKenzie, 1960 – grass Puto mealybug, grass-infesting Puto 
                                              Species Puto albicans McKenzie, 1967 – white mealybug 
                                              Species Puto ambiguus (Fullaway, 1910) – ambiguus mealybug 
                                              Species Puto antennatus (Signoret, 1875) – conifer mealybug 
                                              Species Puto antioquensis (Murillo, 1931)  
                                              Species Puto arctostaphyli Ferris, 1950 – manzanita mealybug 
                                              Species Puto atriplicis McKenzie, 1961 – Atriplex mealybug 
                                              Species Puto avitus (Menge, 1856)  
                                              Species Puto barberi (Cockerell, 1895) – Barber's giant mealybug, Cochinilla blanca de la raíz, cochinilla de la raíz del cafeto, cochinilla gigante, cochinilla gigante de Barber 
                                              Species Puto bicirculatus Gavrilov-Zimin, 2023  
                                              Species Puto borealis (Borchsenius, 1948) – alpine mealybug 
                                              Species Puto brom Powell and D. Miller, 2024  
                                              Species Puto brunnitarsis (Signoret, 1875)  
                                              Species Puto bryanthi Ferris, 1950 – bryanthus mealybug 
                                              Species Puto calcitectus (Cockerell, 1901)  
                                              Species Puto californicus McKenzie, 1967 – California Puto mealybug 
                                              Species Puto caucasicus Hadzibejli, 1956  
                                              Species Puto cupressi (Coleman, 1908) – California nutmeg mealybug 
                                              Species Puto decorosus McKenzie, 1967 – decorated mealybug 
                                              Species Puto echinatus McKenzie, 1961 – fluffy mealybug 
                                              Species Puto huangshanensis Wu, 2001  
                                              Species Puto israelensis Ben-Dov, 2001  
                                              Species Puto kondarensis (Borchsenius, 1948)  
                                              Species Puto konoi Takahashi, 1941  
                                              Species Puto kosztarabi D. Miller and G. Miller, 1993 – Buffalo Mountain mealybug 
                                              Species Puto lamottei Matile-Ferrero, 1985  
                                              Species Puto lasiorum (Cockerell, 1901) – dorsal-cerarius mealybug 
                                              Species Puto laticribellum McKenzie, 1961 – pine bark mealybug 
                                              Species Puto marsicanus Marotta and Tranfaglia, 1993  
                                              Species Puto megriensis (Borchsenius, 1948)  
                                              Species Puto mexicanus (Cockerell, 1893)  
                                              Species Puto orientalis Danzig, 1978  
                                              Species Puto orthezioides (Cockerell, 1903)  
                                              Species Puto pacificus McKenzie, 1967 – Pacific mealybug 
                                              Species Puto paramoensis Matile-Ferrero, 1985  
                                              Species Puto peyerimhoffi (Vayssière, 1923)  
                                              Species Puto philo Powell and D. Miller, 2024 – Philodendron giant mealybug 
                                              Species Puto pricei McKenzie, 1960 – Price mealybug 
                                              Species Puto profusus McKenzie, 1960 – Douglas fir mealybug 
                                              Species Puto salinasi Foldi and Kozár, 2006  
                                              Species Puto sandini Washburn, 1965 – spruce mealybug 
                                              Species Puto simmondsiae McKenzie, 1961 – Simmondsia mealybug 
                                              Species Puto sinensis Zheng and Wu, 2025  
                                              Species Puto spath Powell and D. Miller, 2024 – peace lily giant mealybug 
                                              Species Puto subericola (Vayssière, 1927)  
                                              Species Puto superbus (Leonardi, 1907) – superb mealybug 
                                              Species Puto thailandicus Williams, 2004  
                                              Species Puto trivenosus (Germar and Berendt, 1856)  
                                              Species Puto tubulifer Danzig, 1978  
                                              Species Puto ulter Ferris, 1950  
                                              Species Puto usingeri McKenzie, 1962  
                                              Species Puto yuccae (Coquillett, 1890) – large Yucca mealybug 
       

 References
       
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  Source: ScaleNet, 2/2025, Database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: García Morales, M., B. D. Denno, D. R. Miller, G. L. Miller, Y. Ben-Dov, and N. B. Hardy. 2016. ScaleNet: A literature-based model of scale insect biology and systematics. Database. doi: 10.1093/database/bav118. https://scalenet.info   
  Reference for: Puto   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Williams, D. J.  
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family-group names in the scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea) - a supplement   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, vol. 3616, no. 4   
  Page(s): 325-344   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5334   
  Notes: doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.4.2   
  Reference for: Puto   
       

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