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<mods:title>A Neotropical complex of Ripersiella species (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha, Rhizoecidae) collected from the nests of Acropyga ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Schneider, Scott A.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>LaPolla, John S.</mods:namePart>
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<taxonomicName LSID="4CCFB915-338B-51CE-AE5F-AD48581BC660" authority="(Hambleton)" baseAuthorityName="Hambleton" class="Insecta" family="Rhizoecidae" genus="Ripersiella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ripersiella andensis" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="andensis">Ripersiella andensis (Hambleton)</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Ripersiella andensis (Hambleton). Adult female, full body view, re-illustrated by SAS from Williams and Granara de Willink (1992) and Kozar and Konczne Benedicty (2007)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1123.90141.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/750172" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Hambleton" authorityYear="1946" class="Insecta" family="Rhizoecidae" genus="Neorhizoecus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Neorhizoecus andensis" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="andensis">Neorhizoecus andensis</taxonomicName>
Hambleton, 1946: 41.
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Hambleton" baseAuthorityYear="1946" class="Insecta" family="Rhizoecidae" genus="Rhizoecus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Rhizoecus andensis" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="andensis">Rhizoecus andensis</taxonomicName>
(Hambleton);
<bibRefCitation author="Hambleton, EJ" journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="367 - 376" refId="B11" refString="Hambleton, EJ, 1977. Notes on the species of Neorhizoecus Hambleton, a synonym of Rhizoecus Kuenckel D'Herculais (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 79: 367 - 376" title="Notes on the species of Neorhizoecus Hambleton, a synonym of Rhizoecus Kuenckel D'Herculais (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae)." volume="79" year="1977">Hambleton 1977</bibRefCitation>
: 369.
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhizoecidae" genus="Ripersiella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ripersiella andensis" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="andensis">Ripersiella andensis</taxonomicName>
?
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhizoecidae" genus="Ripersiella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ripersiella andensis" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="andensis">Ripersiella andensis</taxonomicName>
(Hambleton);
<bibRefCitation author="Kozar, F" journalOrPublisher="Bollettino di Zoologia Agraria e di Bachicoltura (Milano)" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="225 - 239" refId="B14" refString="Kozar, F, Konczne Benedicty, Z, 2003. Description of four new species from Australian, Austro-oriental, New Zealand and South Pacific regions (Homoptera, Coccoidea, Pseudococcidae, Rhizoecinae), with a review, and a key to the species Ripersiella. Bollettino di Zoologia Agraria e di Bachicoltura (Milano) 35: 225 - 239" title="Description of four new species from Australian, Austro-oriental, New Zealand and South Pacific regions (Homoptera, Coccoidea, Pseudococcidae, Rhizoecinae), with a review, and a key to the species Ripersiella." volume="35" year="2003">
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and
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Benedicty 2003
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: 235.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Material examined.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1935-02-22" collectorName="L. M. Murillo" country="Colombia" location="Bogota" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-adult="1" stateProvince="Bogota" typeStatus="Lectotype">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<typeStatus>Lectotype</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
<collectingCountry name="Colombia">Colombia</collectingCountry>
<specimenCount type="adult">1 adult</specimenCount>
<specimenCount></specimenCount>
;
<collectingRegion country="Colombia" name="Bogota">Bogota</collectingRegion>
;
<collectingDate value="1935-02-22">22.ii.1935</collectingDate>
;
<collectorName>L.M. Murillo</collectorName>
; on roots of
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rubiaceae" genus="Coffea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Coffea arabica" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="arabica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Coffea arabica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L.; USNM
</materialsCitation>
.
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2022-01-01" collectingDateMax="2022-12-31" collectingDateMin="2022-01-01" country="Colombia" location="Colombia" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-adult="2" typeStatus="Paralectotypes">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<typeStatus>Paralectotypes</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
<collectingCountry name="Colombia">Colombia</collectingCountry>
<specimenCount type="adult">2 adult</specimenCount>
<specimenCount>♀♀</specimenCount>
; same slide as
<typeStatus>lectotype</typeStatus>
; USNM
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="2022-01-01" collectingDateMax="2022-12-31" collectingDateMin="2022-01-01" collectorName="L. M. Murillo" country="Colombia" location="Bogota" specimenCount="3" specimenCount-adult="3" stateProvince="Bogota" typeStatus="paralectotype">
<specimenCount type="adult">3 adult</specimenCount>
<specimenCount>♀♀</specimenCount>
; same data as lectotype; USNM
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.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Other material</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2022-01-01" collectingDateMax="2022-12-31" collectingDateMin="2022-01-01" collectorName="D. Rios Castana" country="Colombia" location="Colombia" specimenCount="4" specimenCount-adult="4">
<collectingCountry name="Colombia">Colombia</collectingCountry>
<specimenCount type="adult">4 adult</specimenCount>
<specimenCount>♀♀</specimenCount>
; locality (?); 1955;
<collectorName>D. Rios Castana</collectorName>
; on coffee; USNM
</materialsCitation>
<specimenCount type="adult">3 adult</specimenCount>
<specimenCount>♀♀</specimenCount>
; locality (?);
<date value="1956-04">iv.1956</date>
; S.G. Flanders; on coffee; USNM •
<specimenCount type="adult">22 adult</specimenCount>
<specimenCount>♀♀</specimenCount>
; Chinchina Cald.;
<date value="1975-12-18">18.xii.1975</date>
; R. Cardenas; USNM.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 1.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Ripersiella andensis</emphasis>
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(Hambleton). Adult female, full body view, re-illustrated by SAS from
<bibRefCitation author="Williams, DJ" journalOrPublisher="CAB International, Wallingford" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B33" refString="Williams, DJ, Granara de Willink, MC, 1992. Mealybugs of Central and South America. CAB International, Wallingford" title="Mealybugs of Central and South America." year="1992">Williams and Granara de Willink (1992)</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation author="Kozar, F" journalOrPublisher="Plant Protection Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B15" refString="Kozar, F, Konczne Benedicty, Z, 2007. Rhizoecinae of the World. Plant Protection Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest" title="Rhizoecinae of the World." year="2007">
<normalizedToken originalValue="Kozár">Kozar</normalizedToken>
and
<normalizedToken originalValue="Konczné">Konczne</normalizedToken>
Benedicty (2007)
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.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Adult female (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N</emphasis>
= 6). Appearance in life not recorded, extent of wax production unknown.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">General.</emphasis>
Mounted on microscope slide, body broadly oval and membranous, 0.78-1.06 (0.98) mm long, widest near abdominal segments II-III, 0.41-0.58 (0.52) mm wide. Abdomen smoothly tapering toward apex; abdominal segment VIII 170-213 (180)
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
wide at base. Anal lobes poorly developed with several flagellate setae on venter and dorsum, ranging from 15-33
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
long. Body setae flagellate, 10-22
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
on head, 9-15
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
on thorax, 11-17
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
on abdominal segments. Trilocular pores abundant and distributed among body setae; bitubular cerores absent; oral collar tubular ducts absent. Microtrichia present on abdominal segments. Eyes absent.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Venter</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Cephalic plate absent. Labium with 3 segments; 70
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
long and 46
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
at widest point. Antennae geniculate, 5-segmented, closely situated near midline on ventral submargin of head; overall length 126-134 (132)
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
; length of segment I: 27-38 (34)
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
; segment II: 14-17 (16)
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
; segment III: 14-16 (15)
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
; segment IV: 13-18 (14)
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
; segment V: 52-53 (53)
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
; apical antennal segment with 1 spine-like and 4 falcate stout sensory setae; few flagellate setae on each antennal segment, 14-35
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
long; sensorium present on second antennal segment. Legs well developed; overall length of hind leg 235-241 (238)
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
; length of hind coxa 28-34 (34)
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
; hind trochanter + femur 91-95 (91)
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
; hind tibia + tarsus 88-91 (91)
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
; hind claw 22-25 (22)
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
; each claw with short setose digitule 2-3
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
long; flagellate setae present on each segment, around 19
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
long. Circulus absent. Multilocular disc pores in irregular rows or groups on segments VI-VIII, pores with 6-8 loculi in the outer ring.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Dorsum</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Anal ring on dorsal surface near posterior margin, 48-52
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
in diameter; with oval cells, some cells bearing spicules; with three pairs of setae 33-39
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
long. Posterior pair of dorsal ostioles present, diameter of orifice measured along longitudinal axis approximately 45
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
; anterior pair present but much smaller than posterior pair and poorly developed, diameter of orifice approximately 10
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
. Multilocular disc pores absent.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
The following newly described species are similar in appearance to
<taxonomicName lsidName="R. andensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="andensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">R. andensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
:
<taxonomicName lsidName="R. campensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="campensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">R. campensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName lsidName="R. montanae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="montanae">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">R. montanae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName lsidName="R. pediandensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="pediandensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">R. pediandensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Consult the respective diagnosis sections under each species below for a discussion on how to distinguish them from
<taxonomicName lsidName="R. andensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="andensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">R. andensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Another new species,
<taxonomicName lsidName="R. telalia" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="telalia">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">R. telalia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, can easily be distinguished by the presence of well-developed anterior ostioles, which are present in
<taxonomicName lsidName="R. andensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="andensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">R. andensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but are strongly reduced and may appear to be absent.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="comments">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Comments.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Ripersiella andensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
may associate with
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Acropyga exsanguis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. smithii" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="smithii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A. smithii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.21930/rcta.vol20_num1_art:1250" author="Caballero, A" journalOrPublisher="Mosquera (Colombia)" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="93 - 116" refId="B3" refString="Caballero, A, Ramos-Portilla, AA, Suarez-Gonzalez, D, Serna, F, Gil, ZN, Benavides, P, 2019. Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) on coffee roots (Coffea arabica L.) in Colombia, with records of associated ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Ciencia y Tecnologia Agropecuaria. Mosquera (Colombia) 20: 93 - 116, DOI: https://doi.org/10.21930/rcta.vol20_num1_art:1250" title="Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) on coffee roots (Coffea arabica L.) in Colombia, with records of associated ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Ciencia y Tecnologia Agropecuaria." url="https://doi.org/10.21930/rcta.vol20_num1_art:1250" volume="20" year="2019">Caballero et al. 2019</bibRefCitation>
); however, confirmation of their direct association is lacking, and
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4853.2.9" author="Schneider, SA" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="283 - 291" refId="B24" refString="Schneider, SA, LaPolla, JS, 2020. Trophobiosis between a new species of Williamsrhizoecus (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Rhizoecidae) and Acropyga silvestrii (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Tanzania. Zootaxa 4853 (2): 283 - 291, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4853.2.9" title="Trophobiosis between a new species of Williamsrhizoecus (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Rhizoecidae) and Acropyga silvestrii (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Tanzania." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4853.2.9" volume="4853" year="2020">Schneider and LaPolla (2020)</bibRefCitation>
considered their reported trophobiosis to be speculative. Given that there is a complex of species resembling
<taxonomicName lsidName="R. andensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="andensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">R. andensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
living in association with
<taxonomicName authorityName="Roger" authorityYear="1862" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Acropyga" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Acropyga" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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</taxonomicName>
, it seems likely that they do associate, and this simply requires confirmation. It would be useful to clearly establish whether there are both free-living and ant-associated populations as well.
</paragraph>
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