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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Parasitiformes » Mesostigs (Mesostigmata) » Uropodina » Uropodoidea
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Unknown.....?
Copyright © 2012 Harvey Schmidt

Unknown.....?
Creighton, Northern, Saskatchewan, Canada
August 10, 2012
Size: <0.5mm
I found some of these super tiny guys with this mite They were both hitchickers on this beetle Ideas?

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Contributed by Harvey Schmidt on 11 August, 2012 - 3:33pm
Last updated 11 August, 2012 - 5:55pm

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… Harvey Schmidt, 11 August, 2012 - 5:55pm login or register to post comments

Mesostigmata
Hi Harvey:

The little rounded guys belong to the superfamily Uropodoidea, probably Uropodidae but hard to know for sure without further anatomical details. The bigger ones with two dorsal plates look like deutonymphs of the family Parasitidae. Uropodoids and parasitids often hitch rides from place to place on larger arthropods but do not feed on their host.

Cheers,
Heather
… Heather Proctor, 11 August, 2012 - 5:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Heather!
If they are just hitching rides, what kind of host do they feed on when they drop off?
… Harvey Schmidt, 11 August, 2012 - 6:00pm login or register to post comments

 
post-phoretic diet
Hi Harvey:

They are free-living after dropping off the phoretic host, though diets have been described for only a few species. Mostly they eat nematodes, and eggs and small larvae of flies (for the parasitid) or nematodes and possibly fungi for the uropodoid.

Cheers,
Heather
… Heather Proctor, 18 August, 2012 - 6:31pm login or register to post comments

 
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