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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Parasitiformes » Mesostigs (Mesostigmata) » Dermanyssina » Phytoseioidea » Blattisociidae » Cheiroseius
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Crane fly (not) parasite - Cheiroseius
Copyright © 2010 John F. Carr

Crane fly (not) parasite - Cheiroseius
Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
September 6, 2010
Size: 0.6 mm
This looks different from the usual water mites.

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Contributed by John F. Carr on 11 September, 2010 - 9:20pm
Last updated 10 May, 2011 - 3:54pm

Cheiroseius sp. (Blattisociidae) --det. D.E. Walter
Moved from Podocinidae.
… v belov, 10 May, 2011 - 3:54pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mesostigmata.
… John F. Carr, 6 February, 2011 - 10:29am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mites and Ticks.
… John F. Carr, 6 February, 2011 - 9:15am login or register to post comments

Wierd...
This is a mesostig... and looks like a podocinid to me, which are not parasitic. Was this guy attached to the crane fly, or just crawling around?
… Ray Fisher, 6 February, 2011 - 8:23am login or register to post comments

 
It moved
I have pictures of it in different places on the crane fly's abdomen.
… John F. Carr, 6 February, 2011 - 9:15am login or register to post comments

 
Ah.
Makes a lot more sense. I'm putting my money on Podocinidae, just accidentally (or maybe even phoretically) on the crane fly... not parasitic.
… Ray Fisher, 6 February, 2011 - 10:02am login or register to post comments

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