Valid Names Results
Ripersiella gracilis (McKenzie, 1961) (Rhizoecidae: Ripersiella)Nomenclatural History
- Rhizoecus gracilis McKenzie 1961: 44. Type data: U.S.A.: California, San Mateo County, Cahill Ridge, in soil beneath chaparral. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Ripersiella gracilis (McKenzie, 1961); Matile-Ferrero 1976: 303. change of combination
- Rhizoecus gracilis McKenzie, 1961; Ben-Dov 1994: 456. revived combination (previously published)
- Ripersiella gracilis (McKenzie, 1961); Kozár & Konczné Benedicty 2003: 236. revived combination (previously published)
Common Names
- slender ground mealybug Koszta1996
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 7 | Genera: 15
- Amaranthaceae
- Atriplex | BenDov1994 McKenz1967
- Asteraceae
- Achillea millefolium | BenDov1994 McKenz1967
- Ambrosia chamissonis | BenDov1994 Hamble1976 | (= Franseria chamissonis)
- Artemisia californica | BenDov1994 Hamble1976
- Artemisia tridentata | BenDov1994 McKenz1967
- Baccharis | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Brickellia | BenDov1994 Hamble1976
- Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus | BenDov1994 Hamble1976
- Eriophyllum confertiflorum | BenDov1994 Hamble1976
- Grindelia hirsutula | BenDov1994 Hamble1976 | (= Grindelia camporum)
- Gutierrezia | BenDov1994 Hamble1979a
- Hazardia cana | BenDov1994 Hamble1976 | (= Haplopappus canus)
- Xanthisma spinulosum | BenDov1994 Hamble1976 | (= Haplopappus spinulosus)
- Cactaceae
- Cactaceae | BenDov1994 Hamble1976
- Fabaceae
- Fabaceae | BenDov1994 Hamble1976
- Loranthaceae
- Loranthaceae | BenDov1994 Hamble1976 WilliaGr1992
- Poaceae
- Echinochloa colonum | BenDov1994 Hamble1976
- Polygonaceae
- Eriogonum heracleoides | BenDov1994 Hamble1976
Associates:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Blattabacteriaceae
- Candidatus Brownia rhizoecola | RosenbSaSa2012 ChoiLe2022
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Mexico | Hamble1976 Koszta1996 WilliaGr1992
- United States
- Arizona | Hamble1976
- California | McKenz1961
- Colorado | Hamble1976
- Idaho | DownieGu2004 Hamble1976
- Missouri | Hamble1976
- New Mexico | Hamble1976
- Oklahoma | Hamble1976
- Oregon | Hamble1976
- Texas | Hamble1979a
- Virginia | Hamble1976
Keys
- SzitaKoKo2020: pp.579 ( Adult (F) ) [Neotropical Ripersiella]
- KozarKo2007: pp.386-390 ( Adult (F) ) [Ripersiella species of the world]
- KozarKo2004: pp.325-328 ( Adult (F) ) [Ripersiella species of the world]
- Koszta1996: pp.200 ( Adult (F) ) [Northeastern North USA]
- WilliaGr1992: pp.497 ( Adult (F) ) [Central and South America]
- Hamble1976: pp.7 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
- McKenz1967: pp.371 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A., California]
- McKenz1962: pp.671 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- McKenz1961: pp.42 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
Remarks
- Biology: Living on the roots of its host plant.
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by McKenzie (1961, 1967), Hambleton (1976), Kozarzhevskaya (1992), Williams & Granara de Willink (1992) and by Kozár & Konczné Benedicty (2007).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1994: catalog, 456
- ChoiLe2022: endosymbiont, phylogeny, 358,359
- DownieGu2004: distribution, host, molecular data, phylogeny, 258-259
- Hamble1976: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 28, 71
- Hamble1979a: distribution, host, 652
- HardyGuHo2008: molecular data, phylogeny, taxonomy, 51-71
- Koszta1996: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 200, 201
- KozarKo2003: taxonomy, 236
- KozarKo2004: taxonomy, 325-330
- KozarKo2007: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 451-453
- Kozarz1992: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 230-231
- Matile1976: taxonomy, 303
- McKenz1961: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 45-47
- McKenz1967: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 392-394
- Montan2010: chemical control, host, 232
- RosenbSaSa2012: ecology, molecular data, 2357-2368
- SodanoOuSc2023: ant association, morphology, 5
- SzitaKoKo2020: key, 579
- WilliaGr1992: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 535-537
