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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Parasitiformes » Mesostigs (Mesostigmata)
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Mesostigmata?
Copyright © 2021 Blake Bringhurst

Mesostigmata?
Tyler, Smith County, Texas, USA
January 15, 2021
Size: <1mm
Found in a laboratory setting as a stowaway in an experimental chamber for attine ants. The chamber consisted of a fungal garden/underground section and a substrate/plant/exterior simulation section. The mite was found within the substrate/plant section. Believed to have originally came from rose petals given as substrate for the attine ants.

Don't know if this can even be identified much further based on the resolution of these images.

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Mesostigmata? Mesostigmata?
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Contributed by Blake Bringhurst on 15 January, 2021 - 7:13pm
Last updated 23 January, 2021 - 1:48pm

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… Ken Wolgemuth, 23 January, 2021 - 1:48pm login or register to post comments

yes, Mesostigmata
You're right, it's a mesostigmatan of some sort. The general gestalt suggests Parasitidae (which aren't parasitic, despite the name), but you'd need higher resolution photos of both dorsal and ventral sides.

Cheers,
Heather
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