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Water Mite - Unionicola
Copyright © 2011 Stephen Luk

Water Mite - Unionicola
Port Severn, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
July 16, 2011
Size: 0.6 mm (body)
Sifted from aquatic vegetation. Unionicola sp.?
Contributed by Stephen Luk on 28 July, 2011 - 4:21pm
Last updated 20 February, 2012 - 8:08pm

Moved tentatively
I have the specimen in ethanol which I can send you. Moved from Water Mites.
… Stephen Luk, 20 February, 2012 - 8:08pm

most likely a female Unionicola
Going from the gestalt, I think it is a female Unionicola (Hygrobatoidea: Unionicolidae). I think I see some long strong setae poking out from the terminal genital region, which would support this i.d.
… Heather Proctor, 20 February, 2012 - 5:51pm

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