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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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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Ripersiella montanae Schneider &amp; LaPolla sp. nov. Adult female, full body view, illustrated from holotype by T. Litwak (USDA ARS SEL), with edits by SAS." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1123.90141.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/750178" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figures 7</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Material examined.</paragraph>
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.
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<collectingCountry name="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</collectingCountry>
• 
<specimenCount type="adult">1 adult</specimenCount>
<specimenCount>♀</specimenCount>
; W. of 
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, 
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<elevation metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.3" unit="m" value="13.0">13 m</elevation>
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off road; 
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, 
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, elev. 
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<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.032" unit="m" value="1032.0">1032 m</elevation>
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; 
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; 
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, 
<collectorName>SA Schneider</collectorName>
leg.; associated with 
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Wheeler &amp; Mann" baseAuthorityYear="1914" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Acropyga" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Acropyga dubitata" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dubitata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Acropyga dubitata</emphasis>
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, nest under a stone in coffee plantation next to road, host 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rubiaceae" genus="Coffea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Coffea" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Coffea</emphasis>
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sp.; USNM (nest DR2: prep JSL090724-13A)
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. 
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<typeStatus>Paratypes</typeStatus>
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. 
<collectingCountry name="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</collectingCountry>
• 
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<specimenCount>♀♀</specimenCount>
; same data as holotype; USNM (nest DR1: preps S0434A; S0435A; JSL090724-08A,B; JSL090724-10F)
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• 
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; same data as holotype; MNHNSD (nest DR1: prep JSL090724-05E)
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• 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2022-01-01" collectingDateMax="2022-12-31" collectingDateMin="2022-01-01" collectorName="JS LaPolla &amp; SA Schneider" country="Dominican Republic" elevation="13" latitude="18.7229" location="Hondo Valley" longLatPrecision="7" longitude="-71.7061" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-adult="1" typeStatus="paratype">
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; same data as holotype; UNAB (nest DR1: prep JSL090724-08C)
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• 
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; same data as holotype; UKMNH (nest DR1: prep JSL090724-08D)
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.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 7.</emphasis>
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Schneider &amp; LaPolla sp. nov. Adult female, full body view, illustrated from 
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by T. Litwak (USDA ARS SEL), with edits by SAS.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Description.</paragraph>
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Adult female (
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= 9). In life, body bright white to cream colored and free of obvious waxy secretions, small deposits of wax from trilocular pores visible under SEM (Fig. 
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), tending to gather in intersegmental regions of the body and appendages.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 8.</emphasis>
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Schneider &amp; LaPolla sp. nov. Scanning electron micrograph (SEM) by J. Mowery (USDA ARS SEL). Ventral view of adult female labium and prothoracic legs, showing curled wax deposits and an abundance of domed dermal micro-bumps surrounding the attachment points of appendages.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">General.</emphasis>
Mounted on microscope slide, body broadly oval and membranous, 0.91-1.03 (0.99) mm long, widest near abdominal segments III-V, 0.51-0.68 (0.62) mm wide. Abdomen slightly constricted between segments VII and VIII or smoothly tapering; abdominal segment VIII 199-250 (199) 
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wide at base. Anal lobes poorly developed with several flagellate setae on venter and dorsum, ranging from 16-59 
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
long, with longest setae situated near dorsal margin; lacking differentiated set of 3 longer stout setae common to the group. Body setae short and flagellate, 10-22 
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on head, 12-20 
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on thorax, 14-24 
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on abdominal segments. Trilocular pores abundant and distributed among body setae; bitubular cerores absent; oral collar tubular ducts absent. Microtrichia present on abdominal segments; rounded dermal micro-bumps abundant in intersegmental areas and surroundings of appendages (Fig. 
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). Eyes absent.
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.
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Cephalic plate absent. Labium with 3 segments; 70 
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long and 42 
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at widest point. Antennae geniculate, 5-segmented, closely situated near midline on ventral submargin of head; overall length 126-133 (129) 
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; length of segment I: 30-34 (34) 
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; segment II: 12-19 (13) 
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
; segment III: 20-26 (24) 
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; segment IV: 17-21 (18) 
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; segment V: 36-42 (40) 
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; apical antennal segment with 1 spine-like and 4 falcate stout sensory setae; a few flagellate setae on each antennal segment, 20-30 
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
long; sensorium present on second antennal segment. Legs well developed; overall length of hind leg 253-277 (275) 
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
; length of hind coxa 32-48 (48) 
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
; hind trochanter + femur 86-101 (95) 
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
; hind tibia + tarsus 101-111 (111) 
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
; hind claw 21-26 (21) 
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
; each claw with short setose digitule 2-3 
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
long; flagellate or stout setae present on each segment, about 25 
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
long. Circulus absent. Multilocular disc pores in irregular rows or groups on segments VI-VIII, sometimes absent from segment VI, pores with 7 loculi in the outer ring.
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.
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Anal ring on dorsal surface separated from posterior body margin by approximately one-half diameter of ring, 40-53 
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in diameter; with oval cells, some cells bearing spicules; typically with three pairs of setae, although one specimen in type series (JSL090724-05E) has four pairs, each 40-50 
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
long. Posterior pair of dorsal ostioles present, diameter of orifice measured along longitudinal axis approximately 40 
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
; anterior pair present but barely perceptible except under SEM, reduced compared to posterior pair and poorly developed, diameter of orifice approximately 15 
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. Multilocular disc pores absent.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Informal synonyms.</paragraph>
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Specimens of 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">R. montanae</emphasis>
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have been previously referred to in the literature as &quot; 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Kunckel d Herculais" authorityYear="1878" class="Insecta" family="Rhizoecidae" genus="Rhizoecus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Rhizoecus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Rhizoecus</emphasis>
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new sp.&quot; (
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00546.x" author="Schneider, SA" journalOrPublisher="Systematic Entomology" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="57 - 82" refId="B23" refString="Schneider, SA, LaPolla, JS, 2011. Systematics of the mealybug tribe Xenococcini (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae), with a discussion of trophobiotic associations with Acropyga Roger ants. Systematic Entomology 36 (1): 57 - 82, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00546.x" title="Systematics of the mealybug tribe Xenococcini (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae), with a discussion of trophobiotic associations with Acropyga Roger ants." url="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00546.x" volume="36" year="2011">Schneider and LaPolla 2011</bibRefCitation>
). At the time, 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">R. campensis</emphasis>
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and 
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were thought to comprise a single species associated with 
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. dubitata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="dubitata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A. dubitata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the generic assignment was uncertain.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Etymology.</paragraph>
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The species epithet is derived from the Latin adjective 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">montanus</emphasis>
(of mountains), indicating that the type series was collected from a mountainous area of Hispaniola.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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sp. nov. is similar in appearance to 
<taxonomicName lsidName="R. campensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="campensis">
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sp. nov. The diagnosis section under 
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explains how the two species may be distinguished. 
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is also 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>
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but the two species can be distinguished as follows (character states for 
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are given in parentheses): having antennal segments II-IV differing in length (subequal in length); having a comparatively short terminal antennal segment, 40 
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long (comparatively long, 53 
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); having hind legs approximately 275 
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
long (240 
<normalizedToken originalValue="μm">μm</normalizedToken>
); having the hind trochanter+femur shorter than the tibia+tarsus (the reverse); and having anal lobe setae as long as 59 
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(as long as 33 
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).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Comments.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Schneider &amp; LaPolla" authorityYear="2022" class="Insecta" family="Rhizoecidae" genus="Ripersiella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ripersiella montanae" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="montanae">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Ripersiella montanae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was discovered from two nests of 
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. dubitata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="dubitata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A. dubitata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(nests DR1-2). The nests were located under stones in a coffee plantation within a few meters of one another. We verified direct species-to-species association (trophobiosis) between the scale insects and ants through observation of attendance by worker ants and by the fact that both colonies contained numerous individuals of the same root mealybug species within their nest chambers and no additional species of scale insects were present. This species was only discovered at high elevation (&gt;1000 m) in the mountainous region of western Dominican Republic near the border with Haiti. Several nests of 
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. dubitata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="dubitata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A. dubitata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were collected throughout the lowland regions (112-290 m) of Dominican Republic but these nests contained a different associated root mealybug species, 
<taxonomicName lsidName="R. campensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="campensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">R. campensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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