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Histiostoma Phoretic Deutonymphs - Histiostoma

Histiostoma Phoretic Deutonymphs - Histiostoma
Columbus, OH, Franklin County, Ohio, USA
July 6, 2008
These are phoretic mites in the family Histiostomatidae, genus Histiostoma. They are phoretic in the Deutonymph stage only. They are riding on the gaster of a worker Aphaenogaster fulva ant.

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Histiostoma Phoretic Deutonymphs - Histiostoma Histiostoma Phoretic Deutonymphs - Histiostoma Aphaenogaster fulva with Histiostoma DN - Histiostoma - female

Moved
Moved from Histiostomatidae.

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