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Passengers
Copyright © 2009 John F. Carr

Passengers
Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
June 14, 2009
Size: .2 mm
Other side of beetle

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Contributed by John F. Carr on 14 June, 2009 - 5:48pm
Last updated 14 July, 2009 - 4:55pm

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… John F. Carr, 14 July, 2009 - 4:54pm login or register to post comments

phoretic mites
These are phoretic deutonymphs, probably in the genus Histiogaster (Acari: Acariformes: Astigmata: Acaridae). Deutonymphs of most species have a pair of pigmented eyespots at the anterior apex of the propodosoma.
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