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Photo#758558
A Mite and His Dream

A Mite and His Dream
Langley, British Columbia, Canada
April 7, 2013
Size: .27 mm

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Looks like an oribatid mite i
Looks like an oribatid mite in the infraorder Enarthronota, possibly the family Brachychthoniidae.

 
Eobrachychthonius sp.?
I'm thinking Eobrachychthonius sp.

Compare to SEM images available on Canadian gov website here. (For those not familiar with the site, for full size images check the boxes under the image, scroll to the bottom of the page and hit the button "View images of selected species.")

Scaling the dorsal view indicates the species shown to be ~.25 mm which is also in keeping with the specimen that I found.

Does anyone have a quick breakdown of the Latin name?

Edit - I answered my own question:

Eo - from Greek eos meaning "dawn," or from mid 19th century used in compound words formed by earth-scientists and meaning "characterized by the earliest appearance of." In more colloquial terms "primitive"

brachy - short

thon - regarding endurance

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