Ripersiella disjuncta ( McKenzie, 1967 )

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 : 575-576

Ripersiella disjuncta ( McKenzie, 1967)

Material examined. COSTA RICA: 1 ♀, Alajuela Province, Arenal volcano, hot spings, in secondary rain forest leaf litter, 2800 m a.s.l., 16.i.1993; 1 ♀, Heredia Province, La Selva Biological Station, River Sura , in leaf litter, 1800 m a.s.l., 24.i.1992; 2 ♀♀ , Puntarenas Province, Manuel Antonio National Park , secondary rain forest, in leaf litter and root-matrix, 24.i.1993; 1 ♀ , San José Province, Irazú volcano, near Jaboncillal , in leaf litter and rootmatrix, 2800 m a.s.l., 16.i.1993; 2 ♀♀ , San José Province, Tarbaca , lower mountain wet forest, Quercus seemanni trees, in leaf litter and root-matrix, 1550 m a.s.l., 14.i.1993 .

Distribution. * Costa Rica, Mexico, USA.

Hosts. Encelia (Asteraceae) , Eriogonum fasciculatum (Polygonaceae) .