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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Ripersiella colombiensis (Hambleton). Adult female, full body view, re-illustrated by JSL from Williams and Granara de Willink (1992) and Kozar and Konczne Benedicty (2007), with edits by SAS." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1123.90141.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/750175" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 4</figureCitation>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Hambleton" authorityYear="1946" class="Insecta" family="Rhizoecidae" genus="Neorhizoecus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Neorhizoecus colombiensis" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="colombiensis">Neorhizoecus colombiensis</taxonomicName>
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Hambleton, 1946: 43.
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Hambleton" baseAuthorityYear="1946" class="Insecta" family="Rhizoecidae" genus="Rhizoecus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Rhizoecus colombiensis" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="colombiensis">Rhizoecus colombiensis</taxonomicName>
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(Hambleton);
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<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>
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: 372.
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhizoecidae" genus="Ripersiella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ripersiella colombiensis" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="colombiensis">Ripersiella colombiensis</taxonomicName>
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(Hambleton);
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<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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<normalizedToken originalValue="Kozár">Kozar</normalizedToken>
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and
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Konczné">Konczne</normalizedToken>
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Benedicty 2003
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: 236.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Material examined.</paragraph>
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="1936-02" collectorName="La Esperanza, R Roba" country="Colombia" location="Colombia" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-adult="1" typeStatus="Holotype">
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<typeStatus>Holotype</typeStatus>
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.
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<collectingCountry name="Colombia">Colombia</collectingCountry>
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•
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<specimenCount type="adult">1 adult</specimenCount>
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<collectorName>La Esperanza</collectorName>
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<collectingDate value="1936-02">ii.1936</collectingDate>
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<collectorName>R Roba</collectorName>
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coll.; USNM
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.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Other material</emphasis>
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.
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="2001-08-05" collectingDateMax="2001-08-15" collectingDateMin="2001-08-05" collectorName="Chiricahua Mtns, SW, W. Portal, JS LaPolla" country="United States" county="Cochise Co." elevation="1646" latitude="31.8833" location="Cochise Co." longLatPrecision="6" longitude="-109.2063" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-adult="1" stateProvince="Arizona">
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<collectingCountry name="United States of America">United States</collectingCountry>
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•
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<specimenCount type="adult">1 adult</specimenCount>
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<collectingRegion country="United States of America" name="Arizona">Arizona</collectingRegion>
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<collectingCounty>Cochise Co.</collectingCounty>
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,
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Res. Sta.,
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<collectingDate value="2001-08-05" valueMax="2001-08-15" valueMin="2001-08-05">5-15.viii.2001</collectingDate>
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<collectorName>JS LaPolla</collectorName>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Snelling" authorityYear="1973" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Acropyga" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Acropyga epedana" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="epedana">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Acropyga epedana</emphasis>
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; USNM
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•
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="2005-07-31" collectorName="CR Smith" country="United States" county="Cochise Co." elevation="1645" latitude="31.8838" location="Portal" longLatPrecision="6" longitude="-109.2229" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-adult="1" stateProvince="Arizona">
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<specimenCount type="adult">1 adult</specimenCount>
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<collectingRegion country="United States of America" name="Arizona">Arizona</collectingRegion>
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,
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<collectingCounty>Cochise Co.</collectingCounty>
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, near
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; collected from colony of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Acropyga epedana</emphasis>
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; USNM
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.
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<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1123.90141.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/750175" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 4" startId="F4">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 4.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhizoecidae" genus="Ripersiella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ripersiella colombiensis" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="colombiensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Ripersiella colombiensis</emphasis>
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(Hambleton). Adult female, full body view, re-illustrated by JSL from
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<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>
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and
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<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">
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and
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Benedicty (2007)
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, with edits by SAS.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Description.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Adult female, based on holotype. Appearance in life not reported; extent of wax production unknown.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">General.</emphasis>
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Mounted on microscope slide, body broadly oval and membranous, 1.09 mm long, widest at metathorax and abdominal segments I-II, 0.91 mm wide. Abdomen rounded and gently tapering toward posterior apex; abdominal segment VIII approximately 270
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wide at base. Anal lobes poorly developed with several flagellate setae on dorsum and venter, 18-28
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long; lacking differentiated group of 3 long anal lobe setae. Body setae flagellate, 17-25
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on head, 15-20
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on thorax, 16-21
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on abdominal segments. Trilocular pores scarcely distributed among body setae; multilocular disc pores absent; bitubular cerores absent; oral collar tubular ducts absent. Microtrichia present on abdominal segments and thorax. Eyes absent.
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Cephalic plate absent. Labium with 3 segments; 88-110
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long and 69
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at widest point. Antennae geniculate, 5-segmented, closely situated near midline on ventral submargin of head; overall length 182
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; length of segment I: 36
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; segment II: 26
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; segment III: 28
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; segment IV: 22
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; segment V: 70
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; apical segment with 1 spine-like and 4 falcate sensory setate; flagellate setae on each antennal segment 18-40
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long. Legs well developed; overall length of hind leg 394
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; length of hind coxa 48
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; length of hind trochanter + femur 158
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; length of hind tibia + tarsus 152
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; length of hind claw 36
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; each claw with setose digitule 4
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long; flagellate or stout setae present on each segment 18-28
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long. Single conical circulus present between abdominal segments III and IV, 28
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wide; inner margin of orifice slightly crenulated.
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.
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Anal ring situated on dorsal surface separated from posterior body margin by approximately 1
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diameter of ring, 80
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in diameter; with oval cells lacking spicules; bearing three pairs of setae about 63
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long. Posterior pair of ostioles present, diameter of orifice measured along longitudinal axis approximately 68
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; anterior pair of ostioles apparently absent.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Ripersiella colombiensis</emphasis>
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is most similar in appearance to the newly described species
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<taxonomicName lsidName="R. illicians" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="illicians">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">R. illicians</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. Consult the diagnosis of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">R. illicians</emphasis>
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for a discussion on how to distinguish them.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Comments.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhizoecidae" genus="Ripersiella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ripersiella colombiensis" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="colombiensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Ripersiella colombiensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is confirmed to associate with
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Snelling" authorityYear="1973" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Acropyga" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Acropyga epedana" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="epedana">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Acropyga epedana</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and is one of few species of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Williams" authorityYear="1969" class="Insecta" family="Rhizoecidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Rhizoecidae</taxonomicName>
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with a published record of
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<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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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Acropyga</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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queens carrying gravid female trophobionts on their nuptial flight (
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1673/031.007.1101" author="Smith, CR" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Insect Science" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 5" refId="B26" refString="Smith, CR, Oettler, J, Kay, A, Deans, C, 2007. First recorded mating flight of the hypogeic ant, Acropyga epedana, with its obligate mutualist mealybug, Rhizoecus colombiensis. Journal of Insect Science 7 (11): 1 - 5, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1673/031.007.1101" title="First recorded mating flight of the hypogeic ant, Acropyga epedana, with its obligate mutualist mealybug, Rhizoecus colombiensis." url="https://doi.org/10.1673/031.007.1101" volume="7" year="2007">Smith et al. 2007</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<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>
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). Specimens from Colombia and Arizona appear likely to be conspecific, although those from Arizona have noticeably longer and thinner legs relative to their body size.
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</paragraph>
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