Tags: Arachnid.

Raoiella indica commonly known as the red palm mite is a species of mite belonging to the family Tenuipalpidae. A pest of several species of palm in the Middle East and South East Asia it is now becoming established throughout the Caribbean. The invasion of this species is the biggest mite explosion ever observed in the Americas.

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class
Arachnid, Acari
family
Tenuipalpidae
genus
Raoiella
kingdom
Animal
order
Trombidiformes
phylum
Arthropod

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