Valid Names Results
Ripersiella lelloi (Mazzeo, 1995) (Rhizoecidae: Ripersiella)Nomenclatural History
- Rhizoecus lelloi Mazzeo 1995: 180. Type data: ITALY: Catania, Piano del Vescovo (Nicolosi) on Festuca sp.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Catania: Istituto di Entomologia Agraria, Italy; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Ripersiella lelloi (Mazzeo, 1995); Kozár & Konczné Benedicty 2003: 236. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Poaceae
- Festuca | Mazzeo1995
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Italy
- Sicily | Mazzeo1995
- Spain | SzitaGoPa2022
Keys
- MazzeoPeMa2023: pp.7-8 ( Adult (F) ) [Rhizoecidae recorded or intercepted in Italy]
- KozarKo2007: pp.386-390 ( Adult (F) ) [Ripersiella species of the world]
- KozarKo2004: pp.325-328 ( Adult (F) ) [Ripersiella species of the world]
Remarks
- Systematics: Nymphs and adult females live in dry and volcanic soils, on the roots of their host plant. Adult females have been collected during summertime; in June, they begin to oviposit gathering the eggs with waxy filaments that partially cover their body. Probably the new mealybug species has one generation a year overwintering as nymphs II and III.
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of the adult female given by Mazzeo (1995) and by Kozár & Konczné Benedicty (2007).
Illustrations
Citations
- KozarKo2003: taxonomy, 236
- KozarKo2004: taxonomy, 325-330
- KozarKo2007: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 483-485
- Mazzeo1995: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 180-184
- MazzeoPeMa2023: key, 8
- SzitaGoPa2022: distribution, 3
