Raoiella taronga
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Fig. 1. Raoiella taronga adult female. |
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Fig. 2. Raoiella taronga adult female dorsum. |
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Fig. 3. Raoiella taronga adult female central dorsum. |
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Fig. 4. Raoiella taronga adult female posterior dorsum. |
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Fig. 5. Raoiella taronga adult female leg I (s = solenidion, cs = companion seta). |
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Fig. 6. Raoiella taronga adult female leg I indicating the dorsal seta, d, on tibia I. |
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Fig. 7. Raoiella taronga adult female palps (s = solenidion, e = eupathidium). |
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Fig. 8. Raoiella taronga adult female posterior venter (genital region). |
Authority
Beard and Ochoa
Key characters
- setae c1 weakly spatulate to blunt; setae d1, e1 minute, blunt (Figs. 1, 2, 3)
- seta h1 longer than h2 (Fig. 4)
- seta h2 short, narrow, setiform, tapered, with blunt tip (Fig. 4)
- seta f2 shorter than f3 (Fig. 4)
- coxae III-IV nude
- femur II with 4 setae (d, l', bv", v')
- genua I-II with 2 setae (l", l' present; d absent)
- tarsus I with companion seta longer than solenidion (Fig. 5)
- tarsus II with companion seta slightly longer than solenidion
- dorsal seta on tibiae I-II setiform with tapered tip (but not finely tapered) (Fig. 6)
- palp tibiotarsus with one solenidion and one blunt eupathidium distally (Fig. 7), and one seta dorsally
- setae ps1 and ps2 inserted adjacent to each other (Fig. 8)
- male with moderately long ps1 setae, 13-14 microns
- male femur II same as female
- male genua I-II with 3 setae (d, l', l")
- larva unknown
Similar species
Raoiella taronga is morphologically similar to Raoiella australica and Raoiella marri.
Raoiella taronga: male prodorsal setae sc2 > 45 microns; male prodorsal setae v2 > 40 microns; found in eastern Australia.
Raoiella australica: male prodorsal setae sc2 < 45 microns; male prodorsal setae v2 < 30; female with setae d on femora II-IV and tibiae III-IV with blunt tips; found in eastern Australia.
Raoiella marri: male prodorsal setae sc2 > 45 microns; male prodorsal setae v2 < 30 microns; female with setae d on femora II-IV and tibiae III-IV with tapered tips; found in western Australia.
Distribution
Australia (NSW)
Hosts
Eucalyptus sp. (Myrtaceae)
Remarks
This species is placed in the australica species group by Beard et al. (2018).
Raoiella taronga was listed as species 8 in Dowling et al. (2012).
References
Beard et al. (2018); Dowling et al. (2012)
