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Photo#535267
spider or insect? - Scapheremaeus

spider or insect? - Scapheremaeus
Jesse H. Jones Park Nature Center, Humble, Harris County, Texas, USA
May 31, 2011
Size: 1mm- no more than 2 mm
this animal was under Carya aquatica (water hickory) bark along with pyrenomycetes. Can't even tell if this is an arachnid or insect. was found while under microscope. any ideas?

Cymbaeremaeidae, Scapheremaeus sp. --det. D.E. Walter
his comment: "arboreal mites usually found on bark, twigs, or leaves (some associated with scolytine bark beetles)"

[new family for the Guide --thanks, Anita! fetch us more pix... =v=]

Moved from Oribatida.

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

oribatid mite, i'd say
[no need to use state abbreviation in the form -- it's redundant]

 
Oribatid mite
thanks so much for your id. the critter had me puzzled.

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