Rainbowia (genus)
A mite at Acton, ACT
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| Rainbowia (genus) | MichaelMulvaney | 25 Nov 2020 | |
| Rainbowia celeripes | Roger | 29 Oct 2020 |
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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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Location information
- Coordinates 149.108532-35.277222
- Altitude 628.8m
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 28 Oct 2020 11:25 AM Recorded on
- Roger Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- Roger Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Rainbowia sp. (genus) Mites and Ticks (Acarina) Other Arthropods
Species information
- Rainbowia (genus) Scientific name
- A mite Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 711m Recorded at altitude
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