Valid Names Results
Ripersiella mexicana Hambleton, 1946 (Rhizoecidae: Ripersiella)Nomenclatural History
- Ripersiella mexicana Hambleton 1946: 67. Type data: MEXICO: intercepted at San Francisco, California, U.S.A., on undetermined succulent. Holotype, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Rhizoecus mexicanus (Hambleton, 1946); Hambleton 1976: 37. change of combination
- Ripersiella mexicana Hambleton, 1946; Kozár & Konczné Benedicty 2003: 236. revived combination (previously published)
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 3 | Genera: 4
- Cactaceae
- Mammillaria geminispina | BenDov1994 Hamble1979 | (= Mammillaria leucocentra)
- Schlumbergera truncata | BenDov1994 Hamble1979 | (= Zygocactus truncatus)
- Euphorbiaceae
- Euphorbia neoarborescens | JansenWe2015
- Poaceae
- Poaceae | BenDov1994 Hamble1979a
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 5
- Costa Rica | SzitaKoKo2020
- Mexico | BenDov1994 Hamble1946 WilliaGr1992
- Netherlands | JansenWe2015
- Russia
- St. Petersburg (=Leningrad) Oblast | DanzigGa2009
- United States
- Florida | BenDov1994 Hamble1979
- Texas | BenDov1994 Hamble1976 Hamble1979a
Keys
- SzitaKoKo2020: pp.579 ( Adult (F) ) [Neotropical Ripersiella]
- JansenWe2015: pp.12, 16 ( Adult (F) ) [Subterranean mealybugs of The Netherlands]
- DanzigGa2009: pp.243 ( Adult (F) ) [Russia]
- KozarKo2007: pp.386-390 ( Adult (F) ) [Ripersiella species of the world]
- KozarKo2004: pp.325-328 ( Adult (F) ) [Ripersiella species of the world]
- WilliaGr1992: pp.497 ( Adult (F) ) [Central and South America ]
- Hamble1979: pp.148 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A., Florida]
- Hamble1976: pp.7 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
- Hamble1946: pp.60 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
Remarks
- Biology: Living on the leaves and roots of its host plant (Hambleton, 1979).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Hambleton (1946, 1976), Kozarzhevskaya (1992), Williams & Granara de Willink (1992), Kozár & Konczné Benedicty (2007) and by Danzig & Gavrilov (2009).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1994: catalog, 462
- DanzigGa2009: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 232,234
- Hamble1946: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 67-70
- Hamble1976: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 37, 77
- Hamble1979: distribution, host, 652
- Hamble1979a: distribution, host, 652
- JansenWe2015: distribution, key, 16
- KozarKo2003: taxonomy, 236
- KozarKo2004: taxonomy, 325-330
- KozarKo2007: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 500-503
- Kozarz1992: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 239-240
- Montan2010: chemical control, host, 232
- SodanoOuSc2023: ant association, morphology, 5
- SzitaKoKo2020: distribution, host, key, 578, 579
- WilliaGr1992: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 549, 551, 552
