Paraputo gasteris Wang, 1982

Paraputo gasteris Wang, 1982: 317.

Formicococcus gastrodiae Tang, 1992: 594.

Formicococcus gasteris (Wang): Wu and Zheng 2001: 201; Danzig and Gavrilov-Zimin 2015: 21.

Material examined.

Four adult females, China: Sichuan, Chengdu city, Sichuan University, under bark crack of Platanus sp. ( Platanaceae), attended by ants, 18.vii.2016, coll. Ge Li and San-an Wu. Six adult females, China: Sichuan, Langzhong city, under bark crack of Platanus sp. ( Platanaceae), attended by ants, 2.viii.2014, coll. Jiang-tao Zhang and Xu-bo Wang. Nine adult females, China: Guizhou, Guiyang city, Huaxi qu, in ants’ nest on Celtis sp. ( Ulmaceae), 19.viii.2010, coll. San-an Wu and Yuan Lu. Two adult females, China: Guizhou, Guiyang city, Huaxi qu, in ants’ nest on Populus sp. ( Salicaceae), 19.viii.2010, coll. San-an Wu and Yuan Lu.

Host plants.

Orchidaceae: Gastrodia elata; Platanaceae: Platanus sp.; Salicaceae: Populus sp.; Ulmaceae: Celtis sp.

Distribution.

China (Guizhou, Shaanxi, Sichuan).

Remarks.

Based on the sclerotization pattern of the ventral surface of each anal lobe (not forming an anal lobe bar), this species is transferred back to Paraputo, as P. gasteris Wang.