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Mite, Tarsonemidae ???
Copyright © 2006 Claude Pilon

Mite, Tarsonemidae ???
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
June 23, 2006
Very interesting this note from Dr. Wojciech Magowski here. I wonder if the small white insect walking just in the middle of this Pediopsis tiliae eye is of the same kind. When I rescue insects from the swimming pool, I often find these tiny white creatures walking on the rescued insect. I have always thought that they were scavengers.

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Mite, Tarsonemidae ??? Mite, Tarsonemidae ???
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Contributed by Claude Pilon on 12 February, 2007 - 12:02pm
Last updated 26 February, 2007 - 9:35am

Dr. Magowski says:
The mite pictured here is not anything like tarsonemid or heterostig in general. It looks like some larva of Prostigmata or Mesostigmata but I can't see details. Some agile mites can just climb and walk on anything, including insects, but this does not indicate any biological relationship, at most the co-existence in the same environment.
… Jim McClarin, 23 February, 2007 - 4:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Parasitiformes ??
Thanks Jim to get this comment! I am not familiar with these insects. Do you think it could be moved to the Parasitiformes guide page? I'll try to get better shots next summer.
… Claude Pilon, 25 February, 2007 - 2:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Hi Claude,
I am unclear what has happened to Prostigmata in the new Acari Project classification. I don't know if they are in Parasitiformes. Until we get that sorted out it might be best to leave this in Acari.
… Jim McClarin, 25 February, 2007 - 5:20pm login or register to post comments

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