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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) » Smarididae
Photo#92567
rangy light red mite
Copyright © 2007 Jim McClarin

rangy light red mite
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
January 7, 2007
Size: body about 1.1 mm
I would think the combination of body shape, granulate texture and relative leg dimensions ought to help pin this down to genus.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 13 January, 2007 - 5:45pm
Last updated 5 August, 2009 - 11:06pm

Moved
Moved from Erythraeidae.
… Jim McClarin, 5 August, 2009 - 11:06pm login or register to post comments

Fessonia
I was looking through a book from the University's of New Hampshire's biology/science library and found a mite called Fessonia lappacea that seemed very similar to this mite.
Same species/genus?

I couldn't find an image on line, but Wikipedia does have an entry for the genus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fessonia
… Jonas Insinga, 27 March, 2008 - 10:56am login or register to post comments

 
Smarididae
This is definitely a smaridid.... you can see the whole gnathosoma can be retracted into the idiosoma. You can't confidently ID Fessonia though (unfortunately) without slide-mounting it. I'm afraid smaridids just can't be differentiated easily without slide-mounting. Nevertheless, this mites is NOT an erythraeid.
… Ray Fisher, 5 August, 2009 - 12:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Ray.
:-)
… Jim McClarin, 5 August, 2009 - 11:05pm login or register to post comments

 
It beats me.
I got a load of specialists to help pin down our growing collection of mite photos but they obviously regarded it as a one-time favor as few if any have helped out since. At some point I guess I should ask them to look over the later arrivals.
… Jim McClarin, 27 March, 2008 - 2:26pm login or register to post comments

Hey!
I just found a couple of these guys, my self, here in Durham.
I'm from Nashua, too. :D
… Jonas Insinga, 21 February, 2008 - 9:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes,
I noticed your mites and other stuff. Nice comments on others' images also. If you'd like to go collecting when you're back home sometime, let me know.
… Jim McClarin, 22 February, 2008 - 6:08am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mites and Ticks.
… Jim McClarin, 5 February, 2007 - 7:03pm login or register to post comments

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