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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) » Neothrombiidae » Dasitrombium
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Acari - Dasitrombium
Copyright © 2016 Michael Hughes

Acari - Dasitrombium
Tonopah, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
August 16, 2016
ID down to the right family/subfamily/genus, or whatever is possible with this terrible photo. This mite was just a few millimeters in length. Frassworthy, once an ID of some sort is reached. Thanks!
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Contributed by Michael Hughes on 19 August, 2016 - 2:47am
Last updated 9 December, 2016 - 8:36am

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… Ray Fisher, 9 December, 2016 - 8:37am login or register to post comments

Whoa!
This could be something really neat and very very rarely seen! In fact, if it is indeed Dasitrombium, then adults have only been seen a couple times and never published on. Further, adults from the entire family (Neothrombiidae) are known from only a couple individuals. Do you have the specimen or a way to collect it? We are researching velvet mites and could really use specimens like this!
… Ray Fisher, 23 August, 2016 - 9:54am login or register to post comments

 
Hi Ray,
Unfortunately I didn't think anything of it at the time, so I did not collect it. I found it during an ant study that it is in progress, so I saved my vials for specimens pertaining to my study. I have only seen the one individual, but if I find another, I will be sure to collect it.

I'm not sure if this information helps, but I found it in open Sonoran Desert creosote flat (just under 1,500 feet in elevation) at 8:29 PM on August 16. It was within a few feet of a harvester ant nest (Pogonomyrmex rugosus). Hope this is in some way useful!
… Michael Hughes, 25 August, 2016 - 7:21pm login or register to post comments

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