Paraputo banzigeri Williams, 2004

Zhang, Jiang-Tao & Wu, San-An, 2017, A study of the genus Paraputo Laing, 1929 of China, with description of two new species (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Coccomorpha), ZooKeys 709, pp. 57-70 : 59

Paraputo banzigeri Williams, 2004

Paraputo banzigeri Williams, 2004: 497.

Material examined.

Three adult females, China: Yunnan, Puer city, Lancang Lahu Autonomous Country, on roots of Cinnamomum japonicum ( Lauraceae ) attended by ants, 18.x.2016, coll. Xu-bo Wang and Yao-guang Qin. Two adult females, China: Yunnan, Jinghong city, on roots of Ficus microcarpa ( Moraceae ), inside theca of the fungus Phlebopus portentosus , 22.vii.2012, coll. Jing Zhao. Three adult females, China: Yunnan, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, on Ficus sp. ( Moraceae ), ix.2009, coll. Yi-wei Fang.

Host plants.

Lauraceae : Cinnamomum japonicum ; Moraceae : Ficus sp., F. microcarpa ; Sapindaceae : Dimocarpus longan .

Distribution.

China (Yunnan), Thailand.

Biology.

This species was collected from Cinnamomum japonicum attended by ants, and sometimes inside the theca of the fungus Phlebopus portentosus on the roots of Ficus microcarpa ( Zhang et al. 2015).

Remarks.

The material examined agrees with the original description by Williams (2004) except that there are a few oral collar tubular ducts present lateral to each first coxa. Good description and illustration are given by Williams (2004).