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Sighting 4353965

Rainbowia sp. (genus)

A mite at Acton, ACT

Rainbowia sp. (genus) at Acton, ACT - 28 Oct 2020 11:25 AM
Rainbowia sp. (genus) at Acton, ACT - 28 Oct 2020 11:25 AM
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Identification history

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

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User's notes

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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Additional information

  • 12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

  • Rainbowia sp. (genus) Scientific name
  • A mite Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 704.6m Recorded at altitude
  • 95 images trained Machine learning
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