Raoiella
Encyclopedia
Raoiella is a genus of mite
belonging to the family Tenuipalpidae
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Mite
Mites, along with ticks, are small arthropods belonging to the subclass Acari and the class Arachnida. The scientific discipline devoted to the study of ticks and mites is called acarology.-Diversity and systematics:...
belonging to the family Tenuipalpidae
Tenuipalpidae
Tenuipalpidae, also called "flat mites" or "false spider mites", are a family of mites, closely related to the Tetranychidae. They are reddish, slow moving, and normally feed near the midrib or veins on the underside of leaves. Several species, among them Raoiella indica, are important crop pests....
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Species
- Raoiella indica Hirst, 1924, the red palm mite
- Raoiella australica Womersley, 1940
- Raoiella macfarlanei Pritchard & Baker, 1958
- Raoiella pandanae Mohanasundaram, 1989 (Tamil-Nadu)
- Raoiella phoenica Smith-Meyer, 1979 (SudanSudanSudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...
) - Raoiella shimapana Smith-Meyer, 1979 (TransvaalTransvaal ProvinceTransvaal Province was a province of the Union of South Africa from 1910 to 1961, and of its successor, the Republic of South Africa, from 1961 until the end of apartheid in 1994 when a new constitution subdivided it.-History:...
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