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 .