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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Parasitiformes » Mesostigs (Mesostigmata) » Parasitina » Parasitoidea » Parasitidae » Pergamasinae » Pergamasus
Photo#89073
mite - Pergamasus
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

mite - Pergamasus
Swanton, Franklin County, Vermont, USA
November 29, 2006
Size: 1.2mm
Found from sifting the leaf litter.
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Contributed by tom murray on 30 November, 2006 - 9:22am
Last updated 20 July, 2009 - 4:38pm

Moved
Moved from Mesostigmata.
… tom murray, 20 July, 2009 - 4:38pm login or register to post comments

This appears to be a male Pergamasid
Perhaps it should be moved to with the mite feeding on the collembolan?
… Clive Bowman, 20 July, 2009 - 9:58am login or register to post comments

likely Mesostigmata
Most of the brownish, sclerotized mites belong to the Order
Mesostigmata but it is obviously difficult to distinguish families from photos.

Dr. Eddie Ueckermann
Plant Protection Research Institute
Queenswood
Pretoria
South Africa
… Jim McClarin, 5 February, 2007 - 9:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Jim, thanks
for your continued work getting these mites identified!
… tom murray, 5 February, 2007 - 9:58pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mites and Ticks.
… Jim McClarin, 5 February, 2007 - 9:03pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mites.
… Jim McClarin, 30 December, 2006 - 10:19am login or register to post comments

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