Ripersiella multiporifera Jansen, 2008

Suh, Soo-Jung & Hyun, Ik-Hwa, 2015, A preliminary checklist of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) intercepted in Korea on dracaena and ficus plants (Asparagales: Asparagaceae, Rosales: Moraceae) imported from southern Asia, Insecta Mundi 2015 (432), pp. 1-13 : 10

Ripersiella multiporifera Jansen

Diagnosis. Body elongate oval; bitubular cerores of two distinct sizes present, each with wide truncate tubes; large-type bitubular cerores present on dorsum only, usually distributed singly on margins, on midline and submarginal areas; small-type bitubularc erores present on venter only, distributed in single transverse rows, mainly in middle of abdominal segments; anal lobes sclerotized on dorsum, each lobe bearing one long ventral seta and 2-3 long dorsal apical setae; antennae 5-segmented; circuli present on abdominal segments II and III, shape truncate-conical, about same length as basal diameter; numerous multilocular disc pores present on dorsum and on venter; oral collar tubular ducts absent.

Korea quarantine notes. This species was intercepted 12 times; Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam, China (Dracaena).