Raoiella wandoo
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Fig. 1. Raoiella wandoo adult female dorsum. |
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Fig. 2. Raoiella wandoo adult female central dorsum. |
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Fig. 3. Raoiella wandoo adult female lateral dorsal opisthosoma. |
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Fig. 4. Raoiella wandoo adult female posterior dorsum. |
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Fig. 5. Raoiella wandoo adult female leg I (s = solenidion; cs = companion seta). |
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Fig. 6. Raoiella wandoo adult female leg II (s = solenidion; cs = companion seta). |
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Fig. 7. Raoiella wandoo adult female leg I (d = dorsal seta on tibia). |
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Fig. 8. Raoiella wandoo adult female leg II (d = dorsal seta on tibia). |
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Fig. 9. Raoiella wandoo adult female palp (s = solenidion; e = eupathidium). |
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Fig. 10. Raoiella wandoo adult female posterior venter (g = genital setae; ag = aggenital setae). |
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Fig. 11. Raoiella wandoo adult male posterior dorsum indicating setae ps1. |
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Fig. 12. Raoiella wandoo larva, posterior venter indicating elongate filiform setae h2. |
Authority
Beard and Ochoa
Key characters
- setae c1, d1, e1 obviously spatulate (Figs. 1, 2, 3)
- seta h2 obviously spatulate (Fig. 4)
- seta h1 longer than h2 (Fig. 4)
- seta f2 shorter than f3 (Fig. 4)
- coxae III-IV nude
- femur II with 3 setae (d, bv", v' present; l' absent)
- genua I-II with 3 setae (d, l', l")
- tarsi I-II with companion seta longer than solenidion (make sure companion seta is not broken) (Figs. 5, 6)
- dorsal setae on tibia I-II setiform, with tapered tip (but not finely tapered) (Figs. 7, 8)
- palp tibiotarsus with one solenidion and one tapered, setiform eupathidium distally (Fig. 9), and one seta dorsally
- setae ps1 and ps2 inserted adjacent to each other (Fig. 10)
- male with short to moderate ps1 setae, 10-12 microns (Fig. 11)
- male femur II and genua I-II same as female
- larva with elongate, filiform setae h2 (Fig. 12)
Similar species
Raoiella wandoo is morphologically similar to Raoiella tallerack.
Raoiella wandoo: opisthosomal setae c1 19-23, c2 25-31, f2 31-36, h2 22-34; male prodorsal setae v2 tapered; deutonymph setae d on tibiae I-II with tapered; stipe on egg is 1-2X length of egg.
Raoiella tallerack: opisthosomal setae c1 25-29, c2 32-36, f2 35-43, h2 30-38; male prodorsal setae v2 spatulate; deutonymph setae d on tibiae I-II with broad blunt tips; stipe on egg is 5X length of egg.
Distribution
Australia (WA)
Hosts
Wandoo, Eucalytpus wandoo (Myrtaceae)
Remarks
This species is placed in the wandoo species group by Beard et al. (2018).
Collected from the subcoastal plain in the south west corner of Western Australia.
Raoiella wandoo grouped with R. tallerack as species 3 in Dowling et al. (2012).
Raoiella wandoo was listed as species 3 in Beard et al. (2012); and listed as an undescribed species in Ochoa et al. (2011).
References
Beard et al. (2012); Beard et al. (2018); Dowling et al. (2012); Ochoa et al. (2011)
