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@nev@flipping.rocks  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

#Arachtober 4: March mating mesostig madness!

These are an ubiquitous sort of soil-dwelling predatory mites, likely in the family Parasitidae (ironically, primarily predators) in the order Mesostigmata in the superorder Parasitiformes. They are only very distantly related to the whirligig mite I posted the other day, which is in superorder Acariformes. While the two superorders are traditionally grouped together under Acari, it is likely they don't share a common ancestor and should be treated separately. So I'm counting them as a different group!

#iNaturalist observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/275521159 inaturalist

Some pro-level photos and info about mesostigs: https://www.chaosofdelight.org/all-about-mites-mesostigmata

#ArthroBeauty #arachnids #mites #MiteSex #taxonomy #Acari #Parasitiformes #Mesostigmata #Parasitidae

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All about mesostigmatid mites - A Chaos of Delight

Mesostigmata are a usually free living order of often predatory mites in the soil and a member of the Parasitiformes.
A more top-down view. The mite in front has a pale gap between the red-brown shields or plates that cover the top and bottom half of its body, like a sandwich. It is a common mesostig feature.
A more top-down view. The mite in front has a pale gap between the red-brown shields or plates that cover the top and bottom half of its body, like a sandwich. It is a common mesostig feature.
A more top-down view. The mite in front has a pale gap between the red-brown shields or plates that cover the top and bottom half of its body, like a sandwich. It is a common mesostig feature.
On the underside of a piece of rotting wood are two glossy, teardrop-shaped red-brown mites, one upside down and clinging to the other with its legs. These mites' first pair of legs are thin and somewhat elongated, and they use them much like antennae.
On the underside of a piece of rotting wood are two glossy, teardrop-shaped red-brown mites, one upside down and clinging to the other with its legs. These mites' first pair of legs are thin and somewhat elongated, and they use them much like antennae.
On the underside of a piece of rotting wood are two glossy, teardrop-shaped red-brown mites, one upside down and clinging to the other with its legs. These mites' first pair of legs are thin and somewhat elongated, and they use them much like antennae.
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Plazi Species
@plazi_species@mastodon.green  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
#NewSpecies!
A newly discovered fungus from #china for #FungiFriday:

Aureonarius baimaensis

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3C531213-6F46-3878-FF57-87AB5E62EC9B
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.706.2.2
#Phytotaxa#AureonariusBaimaensis

#FAIRdata
#science#OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #fungi #mushrooms #mycology

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Plazi Species
@plazi_species@mastodon.green  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
#NewSpecies!
A newly discovered fungus from #china for #FungiFriday:

Aureonarius baimaensis

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3C531213-6F46-3878-FF57-87AB5E62EC9B
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.706.2.2
#Phytotaxa#AureonariusBaimaensis

#FAIRdata
#science#OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #fungi #mushrooms #mycology

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@wavygk@mastodon.nz  ·  activity timestamp 9 months ago

As we have around 7 days steaming just to get to the Ross Sea I started up regular talks for the team. Hugh Carter from the UK Natural History Museum gave a great talk on starfish with some lovely drawings he whipped up on an iPad. #Taxonomy is taxonomy! and Hugh presented it well. 😃 A whole bunch of disciplines on board and we lapped it up (even the physicists)! The talk is being given in the small library on the ship (photo Alina Madita Wieczorek). #ocean #science #TAN2502

someone giving a talk in a low-ceilinged room - they are pointing at the screen which has a world map on it.   What you can't see because its a photo is the room is slowly rocking back n forth in the swell as the ship heads south. IN the foreground there are a pile of coloured cups.
someone giving a talk in a low-ceilinged room - they are pointing at the screen which has a world map on it. What you can't see because its a photo is the room is slowly rocking back n forth in the swell as the ship heads south. IN the foreground there are a pile of coloured cups.
someone giving a talk in a low-ceilinged room - they are pointing at the screen which has a world map on it. What you can't see because its a photo is the room is slowly rocking back n forth in the swell as the ship heads south. IN the foreground there are a pile of coloured cups.
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