Ripersiella mexicana Hambleton, 1946

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, Zootaxa 4851 (3), pp. 573-582 : 578

Ripersiella mexicana Hambleton, 1946

Material examined. COSTA RICA: 1 ♀, Alajuela Province, Poas Volcano National Park , 2704 m a.s.l., 21.i.1992 ; 2 ♀♀, San José Province, Irazú volcano, near Jaboncillal, in moss, 2800 m a.s.l., 16.i.1993 ; 7 ♀♀, Talamanca Mt. Range, Sierra de La Muerte , Alto de la Gloria, in leaf litter and root-matrix, 1800–3400 m a.s.l., 24.i.1992 .

Distribution. * Costa Rica, Mexico, Netherlands, Russia, U.S.A.

Hosts. Mammillaria geminispina (Cactaceae) , Euphorbia neoarborescens (Euphorbiaceae) , Poaceae .