Valid Names Results

Cryptoripersia trichura (Cockerell, 1901) (Pseudococcidae: Cryptoripersia)

Ripersia trichura Cockerell 1901g: 55. Type data: U.S.A.: New Mexico, Las Vegas, hostplant not indicated. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
Trionymus hypolithus Shotwell 1924: 353. Type data: U.S.A.: Colorado, Boulder, in nest of Lasius sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; junior synonym (discovered by MillerMc1973, 500). Illustr.
Erium hypolithum (Shotwell, 1924); Lindinger 1935a: 122. change of combination
Cryptoripersia trichura (Cockerell, 1901); Ferris 1953a: 310. change of combination
Cryptoripersia hypolithus (Shotwell, 1924); McKenzie 1960: 706. Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; change of combination

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Ferris (1919c) synonymized Ripersia trichura and Eriococcus salinus Ehrhorn with R. arizonensis Ehrhorn, but Ferris (1953a) reinstated salinus and regarded R. arizonensis as a synonym of R. trichura, although R. arizonensis had seniority. Miller & McKenzie (1973) regard R. trichura and R. arizonensis as separate species and E.salinus as a synonym of R. arizonensis.
Biology: Living in ants' nests on the roots of its host plants.
General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Ferris (1950b) (as Trionymus hypolithus), Ferris (1953a) and by Miller & McKenzie (1973).