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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Acariformes » Astigs (Astigmata) » Acaridia » Acaroidea » Acaridae » Histiogaster
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tiny mite - Histiogaster
Copyright © 2009 tom murray

tiny mite - Histiogaster
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
March 19, 2009
Size: .2mm
This mite was on a Scolytin beetle I found.
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Contributed by tom murray on 23 March, 2009 - 10:14pm
Last updated 5 February, 2015 - 9:51am

Moved
Moved from Astigmata.
… Ray Fisher, 5 February, 2015 - 9:51am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mites and Ticks.
… tom murray, 2 April, 2009 - 4:23pm login or register to post comments

astigmata
This is a phoretic deutonymph in Astigmata. Beyond that I'm not sure.
… Kaitlin Uppstrom, 1 April, 2009 - 11:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Histiogaster?
Shape is suggestive of family Acaridae, genus Histiogaster. These mites are fungivores in subcortical habitats, with deutonymphs phoretic on many subcortical insects.
… Barry M. OConnor, 3 February, 2015 - 9:42pm login or register to post comments

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