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extra-small cunaxid - Spinibdella
Copyright © 2007 Jim McClarin

extra-small cunaxid - Spinibdella
Windham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
Size: about 0.3 mm
Collected and photographed Jan. 1, 2007 by sifting hand-shredded moss and fungus samples gathered Dec. 2, 2006 from wooded area.

This is another mite that's so small I probably sucked it up by accident with my aspirator while pursuing larger game.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 13 January, 2007 - 8:12pm
Last updated 28 February, 2010 - 7:23am

Moved
Moved from Bdellidae.
… Jim McClarin, 28 February, 2010 - 7:23am login or register to post comments

Belongs to subfamily Spinibde
Belongs to subfamily Spinibdellinae; probably "Spinibdella" sp
Jacob Den Heyer
… jacob.den.heyer@gmail.com, 28 February, 2010 - 12:43am login or register to post comments

 
Spinibdella
Just curious: how can you tell Spinibdella from this image?
… Ray Fisher, 11 May, 2010 - 11:16am login or register to post comments

 
Hi Ray Identifying from phot
Hi Ray
Identifying from photographic images is of course always risky because the finer genus- and species characteristics are most of the times not determinable. In this case the form of the palp, especialy the tibiotarsus,was my guide.
… jacob.den.heyer@gmail.com, 21 September, 2012 - 11:08am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you, Jacob.
I'm moving it there.
… Jim McClarin, 28 February, 2010 - 7:20am login or register to post comments

Bdellidae
This mite was identified as a member of Bdellidae (in the same superfamily as Cunaxidae) by:

Dr. David Evans Walter
Senior Research Scientist
Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 805123-1177
… Jim McClarin, 29 January, 2007 - 9:02pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Predatory Mites.
… Jim McClarin, 29 January, 2007 - 8:47pm login or register to post comments

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