Raoiella indica Hirst, 1924

NascimentoK, Renata S., SouzaK, Kaélem S., MeloK, Elisangela A. S. F., TassiK, Aline D., CastroK, Elizeu B., K, Denise Navia, de MendonçaK, Renata S., OchoaK, Ronald & OliveiraK, Anibal R., 2023, Flat mites (Tenuipalpidae) from Bahia state, Northeastern Brazil - a checklist including new records and an illustrated key to species, Acarologia 63 (3), pp. 619-636 : 625

Raoiella indica Hirst, 1924

Records in Bahia. Melo et al. 2018: 148 ; Nuvoloni et al. 2021: 1769 ; Nuvoloni et al. 2022: 1 ; present study.

Specimens examined. UNEB, ex. V. merrillii, Sep 2017 (16 ♂♂, 11 ♀♀); Urban area (L. de Freitas), ex. V. merrillii, Sep 2017 (18 ♂♂, 41 ♀♀); UNEB, ex. Heliconia sp. , Sep 2017 (13 ♂♂, 36 ♀♀); Machadinho, ex. Musa sp. , Sep 2017 (15 ♂♂, 18 ♀♀, 1 DN); Machadinho, ex. C. nucifera, Sep 2017 (31 ♂♂, 83 ♀♀, 5 DN, 6 PN); Urban area (Barra), ex. C. nucifera , May 2019 (1 ♂, 3 ♀♀).

Remarks. The morphology of the females collected in the present study is similar to the redescription presented by Beard et al. (2018).