Valid Names Results

Ripersiella lelloi (Mazzeo, 1995) (Rhizoecidae: Ripersiella)

Rhizoecus lelloi Mazzeo 1995: 180. Type data: ITALY: Catania, Piano del Vescovo (Nicolosi) on Festuca sp.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Catania: Istituto di Entomologia Agraria, Italy; accepted valid name Illustr.
Ripersiella lelloi (Mazzeo, 1995); Kozár & Konczné Benedicty 2003: 236. change of combination
Ripersiella lello (Mazzeo, 1995); Kozár et al. 2013: 144. misspelling of species epithet
Ripersiella poltavae; Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin 2015: 465. incorrect synonymy (discovered by MazzeoRiCa2023, 7).

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 3

MazzeoPeMa2023: pp.7-8 ( Adult (F) ) [Rhizoecidae recorded or intercepted in Italy]
KozarKo2007: pp.386-390 ( Adult (F) ) [Ripersiella species of the world]
KozarKo2004: pp.325-328 ( Adult (F) ) [Ripersiella species of the world]

Systematics: Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin synonymized this species with Ripersiella poltavae after comparing the original description and illustration of Ripersiella lilloi with that of Ripersiella poltavae. Subsequently, Mazzeo, et al., 2023 determined that Ripersiella lilloi was a separate species.
Biology: Nymphs and adult females live in dry and volcanic soils, on the roots of their host plant. Adult females have been collected during summertime; in June, they begin to oviposit gathering the eggs with waxy filaments that partially cover their body. Probably the new mealybug species has one generation a year overwintering as nymphs II and III.
General Remarks: Description and illustration of the adult female given by Mazzeo (1995) and by Kozár & Konczné Benedicty (2007).