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External mouthpart morphology in the Tenuipalpidae (Tetranychoidea): Raoiella a case study
J J Beard1, R Ochoa, G R Bauchan
1Queensland Museum, P.O. Box 3300, South Brisbane, QLD, 4101, Australia. jjbeard@umd.edu
Abstract:
The use of low-temperature scanning electron microscopy (LTSEM) to study external mouthpart morphology in the Tenuipalpidae, in particular the genus Raoiella, has brought some aspects of the mechanics of feeding in this group into question. In addition, an LTSEM study on the specialized feeding behaviour of Raoiella indica Hirst (Tetranychoidea: Tenuipalpidae) revealed host plant use in this species could be affected by stomatal complex morphology.
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