Trombidium auroraense

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Trombidium auroraense
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Subclass: Acari
Order: Trombidiformes
Family: Trombidiidae
Genus: Trombidium
Species:
T. auroraense
Binomial name
Trombidium auroraense
Vercammen-Grandjean, Van Driesche & Gyrisco, 1977

Trombidium auroraense is a species of mite in the genus Trombidium in the family Trombidiidae. It is found in New York, United States.

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Like T. hyperi , the larvae are ectoparasites on adult alfalfa weevils ( Hypera postica ).

Name

The species name is derived from Latin aurora "dawn".

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