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Giant Velvet Mite - Dinothrombium
Copyright © 2013 Bob Miller

Giant Velvet Mite - Dinothrombium
6.4 miles SE of Glamis, CA in the Algodones Dunes, Imperial County, California, USA
January 26, 2013
Size: 6.35 mm or larger
Foggy morning, about 10am, in the Algodones Dunes after a previous day and night of winter rain. Two were seen. This one was feeding on a winged termite of which numerous were in flight. If identification can be taken beyond Dinothrombium sp that would be great.
Contributed by Bob Miller on 30 April, 2013 - 3:53pm

Some possible leads...
This might be Dinothrombium pandorae or Dinothrombium superbum. For more info, see the remarks accompanying the post below:

     
… Aaron Schusteff, 28 October, 2018 - 4:28pm

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