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Mite - Nothrus

Mite - Nothrus
Ringwood Preserve, Tompkins County, New York, USA
September 19, 2012
From leaf litter(Berlese funnel)

Moved
Moved from Mites and Ticks.

Mite: Ringwood Preserve
Oribatida, Nothridae, Nothrus sp.

The genus name means 'sluggish'. Lots of North American species, but all are all-female parthenogens. Feed on fungi.

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