title: External mouthpart morphology in the Tenuipalpidae (Tetranychoidea): Raoiella a case study.
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.
authors.affiliation: Queensland Museum, P.O. Box 3300, South Brisbane, QLD, 4101, Australia. jjbeard@umd.edu
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Beard
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ochoa
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Bauchan
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Welbourn
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pooley
authors.forename: A P G
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Dowling
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D028023:Arecaceae / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D060434:Herbivory; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D008297:Male; D008925:Mites / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D009055:Mouth / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D028521:Musa / Q000469:parasitology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D054046:Plant Stomata / Q000648:ultrastructure