Ripersiella Tinsley, 1899 in Cockerell 1899
Creators: name: Szita, Éva
name: Benedicty, Zsuzsanna Konczné
name: Kondo, Takumasa
name: Ramos-Portilla, Andrea Amalia
name: Kaydan, Mehmet Bora
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Rhizoecidae
Ripersiella

description: Key to species of Ripersiella occurring in the Neotropical region, based on adult females
1 (0) Bitubular ducts present................................................................................. 2
- Bitubular ducts absent................................................................................ 18
2 (1) Circulus present...................................................................................... 3
- Circulus absent...................................................................................... 15
3 (2) With 1 circulus....................................................................................... 4
- With more than 1 circulus............................................................................. 13
4 (3) Multilocular pores present.............................................................................. 5
- Multilocular pores absent.............................................................................. 11
5 (4) Multilocular pores present on both surfaces................................................................. 6
- Multilocular pores absent from dorsum................................................................... 10
6 (5) Claw digitules knobbed, longer than claw.................................................................. 7
- Claw digitules setose, shorter than claw....................................................... menkei McKenzie
7 (6) Bitubular ducts thin, more than 2x as long as wide........................................................... 8
- Bitubular ducts thick, less than 2x as long as wide............................................ gracilis (McKenzie)
8 (7) Circulus about as wide as anal ring....................................................... mexicana Hambleton
- Circulus considerably smaller than anal ring................................................................ 9
9 (8) Bitubular ducts each about 13 µm long; ventral multilocular pores numbering 17–28................... solani Hambleton
- Bitubular ducts each about 8–9 µm long; ventral multilocular pores numbering 40–45............... disjuncta (McKenzie)
10 (9) Ostioles well developed, not sclerotized............................................. aloes (Williams & Pellizzari)
- Ostioles poorly developed, hardly visible............................................... totonicapana Hambleton
11 (4) Eyes present........................................................................................ 12
- Eyes absent............................................................................ bolacis (Williams)
12 (11) Each tergite with 6–13 bitubular ducts; ostioles sclerotized.................................. sasae (Takagi & Kawai)
- Each tergite with 2–5 bitubular ducts; ostioles not sclerotized...................... loksae Kozár & Konczné Benedicty
13 (3) Antenna with 6 segments........................................................... bituberculata (McKenzie)
- Antenna with 5 segments.............................................................................. 14
14 (13) Circuli numbering 2–6; dorsal body setae short, all less than 30 µm long........................ campestris Hambleton
- With only 2 circuli; dorsal body setae up to 100 µm long....................................... kondonis (Kuwana)
15 (2) Antenna with 6 segments.............................................................................. 16
- Antenna with 5 segments.............................................................................. 17
16 (15) Dorsal multilocular pores present on all abdominal segments................... hambletoni Kozár & Konczné Benedicty
- Dorsal multilocular pores absent on abdominal segments..................... caledoniensis Konczné Benedicty & Kozár
17 (15) Dorsal bitubular ducts of 2 conspicuous sizes; multilocular pores present...................... hibisci (Kawai & Takagi)
- Dorsal bitubular ducts of 1 size; multilocular pores absent............................. incarum Kaydan & Szita sp. n.
18 (1) Tubular ducts present, each with opening oval and sclerotised........................... kelloggi Ehrhorn & Cockerell
- Tubular ducts absent.................................................................................. 18
19 (18) Ventral multilocular pores present....................................................... andensis (Hambleton)
- Ventral multilocular pores absent..................................................... colombiensis (Hambleton)
description: Published as part of Szita, Éva, Benedicty, Zsuzsanna Konczné, Kondo, Takumasa, Ramos-Portilla, Andrea Amalia & Kaydan, Mehmet Bora, 2020, Studies on the genus Ripersiella Tinsley (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Rhizoecidae) in the Neotropical region, with description of a new species, pp. 573-582 in Zootaxa 4851 (3) on page 579, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4851.3.7, http://zenodo.org/record/4486957