Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Galumnidae cf, October 2008, Hungary
Posted by Xespok on 23-10-2008 10:57
#1
Does anyone know what this could be? Very small cc 0.5-0.8 mm. On chalk crop.
Edited by Xespok on 24-10-2008 16:01
Posted by xylo on 23-10-2008 12:41
#2
Xespok,
Are you sure having seen six legs?!? I would guess: oribatid mite (Acari: Oribatida: ?Galumnidae).
so long,
xylo
Edited by xylo on 23-10-2008 12:42
Posted by Xespok on 23-10-2008 18:38
#3
Could well be mites. I thought of some Ptinid beetles, but they should be much larger. Honestly I can not even say which part is the head and which part is the tail. I did not collect the specimens, so did not count the legs.
Posted by Tony Irwin on 23-10-2008 21:57
#4
These are oribatid mites, but I wouldn't like to guess which!