Puto (bug)

This article is about the genus of scale insects. For other meanings, see Puto.

Puto
Puto barberi in Tenerife
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Superfamily: Coccoidea
Family: Putoidae
Genus: Puto
Signoret, 1875
Synonyms

Macrocerococcus Leonardi, 1907

Puto is a genus of insects described as giant mealybugs, although it is the only extant genus in different family Putoidae; it was originally described by Victor Antoine Signoret in 1875.

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