robcruickshank's Identifications
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Berzercon ferdinandiObserver
tanya_dannDescription
5 individuals found on a yet to be identified ground beetle on the Kepler track (Fiordland).
SEM image at 43x magnification
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Berzercon ferdinandiObserver
petemcgregorDescription
Mites on this carabid (Mecodema sp.). In addition to the three visible in this photograph, the legs of a fourth mite are visible on the other side of the beetle in another photograph.
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Berzercon ferdinandiObserver
petemcgregorDescription
Mecodema with a heavy load of mites, probably Berzercon ferdinandi. In the second photograph, five mites are at least partly visible, but more were present.
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Berzercon ferdinandiObserver
stephen_thorpeDescription
Sample received from Corinne Watts, labelled:
QEII block
Pitfall trap
Transect QI02-03
Trap 9
22 Jan-24 Feb 2016
Beetles
NOTE: The mite may have come off a Mecodema oconnori in the same sample.
Identification: Berzercon ferdinandi Seeman & Baker, 2013. ID based on original reference.
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Berzercon ferdinandiObserver
mike68luskDescription
on Carabid beetle. several more on ventral surface
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Berzercon ferdinandiObserver
lobotaniserDescription
stephen_thorpe suggested this species on the entry of the Carabid beetle these mites were found on.
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Berzercon ferdinandiObserver
zoologyDescription
Mites on carabid beetle found under rock (by axons)
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Berzercon ferdinandiObserver
petemcgregorDescription
Mites on Mecodema sp. (see this observation), probably Berzercon ferdinandi.
See: Seeman, O. D., & Baker, M. R. (2013). A new genus and species of Discozerconidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in New Zealand. Zootaxa, 3750(2), 130–142. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3750.2.2
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Berzercon ferdinandiObserver
stephen_thorpeDescription
Line 15, trap 1. Pitfall.
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seahare123Description
Found on this beetle http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145534554
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christopherstephensDescription
The observations for https://inaturalist.nz/taxa/377095-Micromegistus/browse_photos look identical too
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