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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Acariformes » Trombidiformes » Prostigs (Prostigmata) » Anystina » Parasitengona » Erythraeina » Long-Legged Velvet Mites (Erythraeoidea) » Erythraeidae » Balaustiinae » Sidewalk Mites (Balaustium)
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oval red Mite with dark-red abdomen covered with uniform sparse whitish cetae - Balaustium
Copyright © 2010 Emile

oval red Mite with dark-red abdomen covered with uniform sparse whitish cetae - Balaustium
Madrona Marsh Preserve, Torrance, Los Angeles County, California, USA
November 16, 2010
Size: ~ 1.5 mm
Found cruising on a trail.
Is this an Erythraeid Mite ?
A guess as to which genus would be awesome.

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oval red Mite with dark-red abdomen covered with uniform sparse whitish cetae - Balaustium oval red Mite with dark-red abdomen covered with uniform sparse whitish cetae - Balaustium
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Contributed by Emile on 24 November, 2010 - 3:46pm
Last updated 17 December, 2010 - 3:30pm

Erythraeoidea, probably Balaustium -- det. H.C. Proctor
"clearing and mounting needed to be sure"

Moved from Mites and Ticks.
… v belov, 17 December, 2010 - 3:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Awesome is the word !
Thank you Dr. Proctor and multifaceted =V= !

I found out that out of the twenty Balaustium species described by 1994, only four are found in North America, and only one from Southern California: Balaustium aonidophagus.

Source: http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/pi/enpp/ento/entcirc/ent368.pdf.
… Emile, 17 December, 2010 - 8:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Is Balaustium aonidophagus still known as the only So Cal sp?
Or has this been revised since?
… James Bailey, 2 May, 2015 - 8:28pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 4 December, 2010 - 5:39pm login or register to post comments

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