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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Acariformes » Trombidiformes » Prostigs (Prostigmata) » Anystina » Parasitengona » Trombidiina » Velvet Mites and Chiggers (Trombidioidea) » Tanaupodidae
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Mite
Copyright © 2016 J. Anderson

Mite
Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
February 1, 2016
Size: 3.5 mm

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Contributed by J. Anderson on 4 February, 2016 - 4:15pm
Last updated 9 August, 2018 - 10:22pm

Moved
Moved from Erythraeidae.
… Ray Fisher, 9 August, 2018 - 10:22pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mites and Ticks.
… Ray Fisher, 8 February, 2016 - 8:45am login or register to post comments

Wow!
That's weird! Are you able to obtain a specimen? This could be a new species.
… Ray Fisher, 5 February, 2016 - 2:31pm login or register to post comments

 
I didn't get one at the time
And I'm back at college now, but they were fairly common in the area, and I'll ask my brother to see if he can go back out there and find some for you.
… J. Anderson, 8 February, 2016 - 10:38am login or register to post comments

 
Great!
If you are able to collect a series of them I should be able to describe the species, which I would be happy to name after you! There are lots of red mites running around... to ensure you collect the right ones, make sure they have two pairs of eyes like the ones in your photo. That signifies the subfamily Erythraeinae... but the mite in your photo does not look like other erythraeines in your area. Anyway, best of luck!
… Ray Fisher, 8 February, 2016 - 10:57am login or register to post comments

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