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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Parasitiformes » Mesostigs (Mesostigmata) » Epicriina » Epicrioidea » Zerconidae
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Unknown Mite
Copyright © 2017 Susan Leach Snyder

Unknown Mite
Naples , Collier County, Florida, USA
January 23, 2017
Size: .5 mm
This mite was living in leaf litter beneath a shinyleaf wild coffee bush and a laurel oak tree.

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Contributed by Susan Leach Snyder on 7 April, 2017 - 3:18pm
Last updated 2 May, 2017 - 5:41pm

Moved
Moved from Acariformes.
… v belov, 2 May, 2017 - 5:41pm login or register to post comments

Zerconidae
It's a teneral zerconid (Mesostigmata).
… Heather Proctor, 8 April, 2017 - 11:08am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks very
much for the identification. There were well over 250 mites and other arthropods of many different kinds in the 1 gallon bag of litter, so there were plenty of prey for this little "guy" to eat.
… Susan Leach Snyder, 8 April, 2017 - 2:32pm login or register to post comments

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