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Ripersiella andensis (Hambleton, 1946) (Rhizoecidae: Ripersiella)

Neorhizoecus andensis Hambleton 1946: 41. Type data: COLOMBIA: Departmento de Antioquia, Fredonia, on Coffea arabica. Holotype, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
Rhizoecus andensis (Hambleton, 1946); Hambleton 1977a: 369. change of combination
Ripersiella ? andensis (Hambleton, 1946); Kozar & Konczné Benedicty 2003: 235. change of combination

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

SchneiLa2022: pp.25-26 ( Adult (F) ) [Neotropical Ripersiella lacking bitubular cerores]
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 world]
WilliaGr1992: pp.496 ( Adult (F) ) [Central and South America]
Hamble1946: pp.41 ( Adult (F) ) [World]

Systematics: Kozár & Konczné Benedicty (2003) transferred this species to Ripersiella, while indicating some reservation, by adding ?, about this action. Lectotype. Colombia • 1 adult ♀; Bogota; on roots of Coffea arabica L,, 02/22/1935; by L.M. Murillo (USNM).
Structure: Mounted on microscope slide, body broadly oval and membranous, 0.78–1.06 mm long, widest near abdominal segments II–III, 0.41–0.58 mm wide. Abdomen smoothly tapering toward apex. Anal lobes poorly developed with several flagellate setae on venter and dorsum, ranging from 15–33 μm long. Tubular ducts absent. Microtrichia present on abdominal segments. Eyes absent. (Schneider & LaPolla, 2022)
Biology: Occurring on the roots of the host plant.
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Hambleton (1946, 1977a) Williams & Granara de Willink (1992) and by Kozár & Konczné Benedicty (2007).