Valid Names Results

Ripersiella poltavae (Laing, 1929) (Rhizoecidae: Ripersiella)

Nomenclatural History

• Rhizoecus poltavae Laing 1929a: 469. Type data: UKRAINE: Krym, Poltava, on unspecified plant.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (DanzigGa2009,236). Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Radicoccus poltavae (Laing, 1929); Hambleton 1946: 50. change of combination
• Rhizoecus desertus Ter-Grigorian 1967: 93. Type data: ARMENIA: Anisk Ridge near Landzuk, on Veronica armena. Holotype, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym (discovered by DanzigGa2009, 232). Illustr.
• Rhizoecus pallidus Tereznikova 1968a: 377. Type data: RUSSIA: Krasnodar Kray, on roots of grass.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym (discovered by DanzigGa2009, 232). Illustr.
• Ripersiella poltavae (Laing, 1929); Matile-Ferrero 1976: 303. change of combination
• Rhizoecus poltavae Laing, 1929; Ben-Dov 1994: 466. revived combination (previously published)
• Ripersiella poltavae (Laing, 1929); Kozár & Konczné Benedicty 2003: 236. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

• Laing's root mealybug KosztaKo1988F

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 3 | Genera: 4

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MazzeoPeMa2023: pp.7-8 ( Adult (F) ) [Rhizoecidae recorded or intercepted in Italy]
• DanzigGa2015: pp.447-449 ( Adult (F) ) [species of Ripersiella]
• DanzigGa2009: pp.236, 243 ( Adult (F) ) [Russia]
• KozarKo2007: pp.132-137, 386-390 ( Adult (F) ) [world]
• KozarKo2004: pp.325-328 ( Adult (F) ) [Ripersiella species of the world]
• Marott1995: pp.120 ( Adult (F) ) [Italy ]
• Tang1992: pp.54 ( Adult (F) ) [China]
• Tang1992: pp.54, 65 ( Adult (F) ) [China]
• KosztaKo1988F: pp.141 ( Adult (F) ) [Central Europe]
• Terezn1975: pp.246 ( Adult (F) ) [Ukraine]
• TerGri1973: pp.90 ( Adult (F) ) [Armenia]
• Borchs1949: pp.175 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region]
• Hamble1946: pp.48 ( Adult (F) ) [World]

Remarks

• Systematics: Kozár & Konczné Benedicty (2003) transferred this species to Ripersiella, while indicating some reservation, by adding ?, about this action.
• Biology: Living on roots of its host plant.
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Laing (1929a), Ter-Grigorian (1967, 1973), Tereznikova (1968a, 1975), Kozarzhevskaya (1992), Kozár & Konczné Benedicty (2007) and by Danzig & Gavrilov (2009).

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