Valid Names Results

Ripersiella aloes (Williams & Pellizzari, 1997) (Rhizoecidae: Ripersiella)

Nomenclatural History

• Rhizoecus aloes Williams & Pellizzari 1997: 158. Type data: ENGLAND: Surrey, Royal Botanic Gardens, under glass, on roots of Aloe glauca.. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
• Ripersiella aloes (Williams & Pellizzari, 1997); Kozár & Konczné Benedicty 2003: 235. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 3

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• CaballKaRa2026: pp.qq7 ( Adult (F) ) [Rhizoecidae species recorded in Germany]
• SzitaKoKo2020: pp.579 ( Adult (F) ) [Neotropical Ripersiella]
• KozarKo2007: pp.386-390 ( Adult (F) ) [Ripersiella species of the world]
• KozarKo2004: pp.325-328 ( Adult (F) ) [Ripersiella species of the world]

Remarks

• Systematics: The species has very small bitubular ducts; both tubes of the duct are closely appressed to appear unitubular. According to Williams & Pellizzari (1997), similar bitubular ducts are also present in Ripersiella geniculata from Kenya and in widely distributed R. palestineae but the first species possesses the numerous multilocular pores on dorsum and venter, whereas in R. aloes such pores are present around vulva only; multilocular pores in R. palestineae are absent. (Gavrilov-Zimin & Gapon, 2016)
• Structure: Adult female body oval-elongated, 1 mm long and 0.3 mm wide. Eyes with a diameter of 12 μm. (Caballero, et al., 2026)
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of the adult female given by Williams & Pellizzari (1997) and by Kozár & Konczné Benedicty (2007). The distribution record for St. Petersburg references a specimen on a plant "under glass."

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