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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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maroon/white mite - Leptus
Copyright © 2006 Jim McClarin

maroon/white mite - Leptus
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
September 28, 2006
Size: 2 mm sans chelicerae
I found this good-sized patterned mite indoors walking on a plywood subfloor that had recently been stripped of carpet and padding. It appears to be the same species as this one photographed by Tom Murray.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 29 October, 2006 - 6:35pm
Last updated 30 April, 2010 - 7:29pm

Moved
Moved from Erythraeidae. Appears to be the same as others in Leptus.
… Jim McClarin, 30 April, 2010 - 7:29pm login or register to post comments

Leptus
I think this species attacks opilionids as larvae
… Ray Fisher, 30 April, 2010 - 5:43pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Velvet Mites.
… Jim McClarin, 29 December, 2006 - 5:33am login or register to post comments

Erythraeidae
ID by trombidiid mite specialist Dr. Joanna Makol, Agricultural University, Wroclaw, Poland.
… Jim McClarin, 28 December, 2006 - 6:10am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Acariformes.
… Jim McClarin, 29 October, 2006 - 6:40pm login or register to post comments

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