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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Acariformes » Trombidiformes » Prostigs (Prostigmata) » Anystina » Parasitengona » Erythraeina » Long-Legged Velvet Mites (Erythraeoidea) » Erythraeidae » Leptinae » Leptus
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Mite - Leptus
Copyright © 2013 Richard Migneault

Mite - Leptus
Edmundston, Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada
Size: 0,5mm
Is this Leptus sp?
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Contributed by Richard Migneault on 10 March, 2013 - 1:09pm
Last updated 13 March, 2013 - 9:29pm

Great photo of an odd-looking mite !
How come we only see six legs ?
… Emile, 13 April, 2014 - 9:04am login or register to post comments

 
Larva
The fourth leg develops within the body of the larva, sort of analogous to caterpillars developing wings internally, so mite larvae have only six external legs. This hidden fourth pair of legs are externalized after the larval molts into the first nymphal stage. This is the general condition for all mites.
… Ray Fisher, 13 April, 2014 - 9:21am login or register to post comments

 
Fascinating, Ray !
… Emile, 13 April, 2014 - 2:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Ray for this very clea
Thanks Ray for this very clear explanation.. didn't know about that...
… Richard Migneault, 13 April, 2014 - 9:45am login or register to post comments

 
Probably lost in his battle f
Probably lost in his battle for life. A long ride on a Ground beetle is probably a rough one..
… Richard Migneault, 13 April, 2014 - 9:20am login or register to post comments

Yep
This is Leptus. What is it parasitizing?
… Ray Fisher, 13 March, 2013 - 9:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Ray, It was stick on t
Thanks Ray, It was stick on the leg of a Ground beetle, impossible to remove it from there. I have to removed it with a part of the leg to be able to photograph it.
… Richard Migneault, 14 March, 2013 - 6:24am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Erythraeidae.
… Ray Fisher, 13 March, 2013 - 9:29pm login or register to post comments

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