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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Parasitiformes » Mesostigs (Mesostigmata) » Parasitina » Parasitoidea » Parasitidae » images ID'd by D.E. Walter as Parasitidae
Photo#93620
belted mite
Copyright © 2007 Jim McClarin

belted mite
Merrimack, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
Size: 0.88 mm
Flicked with fine-tipped watercolor brush Jan. 12, 2007 from conk collected from log Dec. 9, 2006. Measured by pixel count divided by known pixels in one millimeter at 22x zoom.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 24 January, 2007 - 5:18am
Last updated 19 December, 2012 - 6:22pm

Moved
Moved from Mesostigmata.
… v belov, 10 May, 2011 - 2:37pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mites and Ticks.
… Jim McClarin, 29 January, 2007 - 7:54pm login or register to post comments

Either Parasitidae or Veigaiaidae deutonymph
Images 93621 & 93620: Gamasida: Parasitidae or Veigaiaidae sp.
(deutonymphs). The photos are not detailed enough for more
accurate identification.

Dr. Pekka T. Lehtinen
Centre of Biodiversity
20014 UNIVERSITY OF TURKU
Finland

(Note: Gamasida is an old taxon that no longer exists per the Acari Project. The two families are now in Mesotigmata but in different suborders: Parasitina>>Parasitoidea>>Parasitidae; and Dermanyssina>>Veigaioidea>>Veigaiidae. - Jim McClarin)
… Jim McClarin, 29 January, 2007 - 7:51pm login or register to post comments

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