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Water Mite - Piona
Copyright © 2003 Troy Bartlett

Water Mite - Piona
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April 21, 2003
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Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 1:33pm
Last updated 2 January, 2007 - 7:07pm

Moved
Moved from Pionidae.
… Jim McClarin, 2 January, 2007 - 7:07pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Hydrachnoidea.
… Jim McClarin, 2 January, 2007 - 6:39pm login or register to post comments

likely Piona sp. (Pionidae)
Just an educated guess since details of the genital region are not visible:

- the blue one looks like a Piona sp. (Pionidae)

Dr. Heather Proctor
Microarthropod Laboratory, Earth Sciences Building 1-44
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E9
homepage: http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/faculty/heather_proctor/
… Jim McClarin, 2 January, 2007 - 6:23pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Water Mites.
… Jim McClarin, 1 January, 2007 - 8:44am login or register to post comments

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