Ripersiella loksae Konczné Benedicty & Kozár, 2004

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 loksae Konczné Benedicty & Kozár, 2004

Material examined. BRAZIL: 1 ♀, Amazonas State, Manaus , INPA protected forest, in leaf litter, 21.ix.1967 ; 2 ♀♀, Ceará State, Ubajara Park National, Serra Grande , tropical rainforest, in moss from trunks, 650 m a.s.l., 25.iv.1990 ; 3 ♀♀, Minas Gerais State, Santa Rita de Jacutinga , 1 km from waterfall, submontane rain forest, in leaf litter and root matrix, 13.ii.1995 ; 2 ♀♀, Rio de Janeiro State, Itatiaia National Park , near TV-tower, subtropical bushy vegetation with Lycopodium spp. and lichens, in leaf litter and root matrix, 1400 m a.s.l., 21.iv.1992 ; 2 ♀♀ on 1 slide, São Paulo State, Campinas, Americana , secondary forest in the valley of a small creek, in leaf litter, 21.ix.1967 ; 3 ♀♀, São Paolo State, Caraguatatuba, Serra do Mar State Park, Atlantic rain forest, in leaf litter, 900-1000 m a.s.l., 3.vi.1992 ; 1 ♀, São Paolo State, Ilha do São Sebastião , near pass, tropical rainforest, in thick leaf litter and root matrix, 400–450 m a.s.l., 28.xi.1990 ; 1 ♀, São Paolo State, Ilha do São Sebastião , protected urban forest, in leaf litter, 29.v.1992 ; 7 ♀♀, São Paolo State, São Roque, Project Itatuba, Sapucaia Lake , submontane Atlantic rain forest, in leaf litter, 800-850 m a.s.l., 3.i.1995 ; 15 ♀♀, São Paolo State, São Roque, Project Itatuba, Sapucaia Lake , submontane rain forest, in leaf litter, 800 m a.s.l., 9.i.1995 ; 2 ♀♀, São Paolo State, Pindamonhangaba , Paraíba valley, remnant rainforest, untouched, in moist leaf litter, 10.v.1990 ; 3 ♀♀, São Paolo State, Pindamonhangaba , secondary rain forest, in leaf litter, 28.v.1992 ; 2 ♀♀ on 1 slide, Serra da Mantiqueira Mt. Range , montain rainforest, in thick leaf litter and root matrix, 1500 m a.s.l., 18.v.1990 ; 4 ♀♀ on 2 slides, Serra do Mar Mt. Range , submontane rain forest, in leaf litter and root matrix, 1000 m a.s.l., 15.ii.1995 ; 1 ♀, Tocantins State, 5 km from Porto Nacional , bank of Tocantins river, gallery forest, in Selaginella sp. layer, 24.i.1995 . PERU: 1 ♀, Lima-Pucallpa transect, 87 km from Pucallpa , virgin forest, in leaf litter and root matrix, 2-4.xi.1971 .

Distribution. Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, * Peru.