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Erythraeidae? - Leptus
Copyright © 2013 Bill Gerth

Erythraeidae? - Leptus
Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon, USA
October 29, 2013
Size: ~1mm
This is a preserved specimen collected in someone's house. Black marks on the white background are at mm increments.Maybe an Erythraeid?

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Contributed by Bill Gerth on 31 October, 2013 - 4:56pm
Last updated 7 November, 2013 - 7:22pm

Moved
Moved from Smarididae.
… Ray Fisher, 7 November, 2013 - 7:22pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mites and Ticks. Specimen identified by Dr. Krantz at Oregon State University.
… Bill Gerth, 6 November, 2013 - 4:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Not a smaridid
Aside from gestalt, you can differentiate smaridids from erythraeids by the mouthparts and dorsal setae. Smaridids have slender pedipalps to enable retracting the whole gnathosoma into the body, whereas erythraeids have "normal" sized pedipalps. Smaridids tend to have complex dorsal setae; erythraeid setae are usually setose.
… Ray Fisher, 7 November, 2013 - 7:25pm login or register to post comments

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