Parasitidae2

[Ari Kainelainen]

Hallo!
This other tick was found two days ago on sheet of tree in Kareila.
Maybe it will be more slightly to ID?

[Walter Pfliegler]

Well, this is also a Mesostigmatan predatory mite, this is a male (dorsal shield consist of one entire piece). Interestingly, males are not always determinable to family level. This is the only group of animals besides Lithobiidae where males are not always possible to ID.

I susoect this is also a Gamasidae=Parasitidae, which is a very common family of mites.

Walter

[Ari Kainelainen]

Thanks!
Maybe something from this?:
http://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/mites/Invasive_Mite_Identification/key/Mesostigmata/Media/Html/Gamasodes.htm
but this link only for females.

[Walter Pfliegler]

Yes, such keys are quite hard and mostly for females :-)

[Ari Kainelainen]

This is Haemogamaus nidi
http://www.edderkopper.net/Forum/smf_1-1-11_install/index.php?topic=2103.0