Rainbowia (genus)

A mite at Acton, ACT

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Rainbowia (genus) 25 Nov 2020 MichaelMulvaney
Rainbowia celeripes 29 Oct 2020 Roger

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Even Southcott (1961) in the most recent work on this group, does not give good characters on how to distinguish the two species, but he notes that Rainbowia celeripes is the species recorded from NSW, and imperator is from SA. So we have opted for celeripes.

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  • 12mm to 25mm Animal size

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