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Unless otherwise indicated, content in Flat Mites of the World was created and/or authored under a cooperative agreement between University of Maryland (UMD) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Science and Technology (S&T). This content may be freely distributed or copied in the public domain for non-commercial purposes. However, it is requested that in any subsequent use of this work, the authors, UMD, USDA APHIS PPQ S&T, and USDA Agriculture Research Service (ARS) Systematic Entomology Laboratory (SEL), be given appropriate acknowledgement (see below).

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Suggested citation

Beard, J.J., Ochoa, R., Bauchan, G.R., Trice, M.D., Redford, A.J., Walters, T.W. and Mitter, C. (2012) Flat Mites of the World Edition 2. Identification Technology Program, S&T, PPQ, APHIS, USDA; Fort Collins, CO. [date you accessed site]

Image credits

Unless otherwise specifically noted, photos: J.J. Beard, Flat Mites of the World (UMD, USDA APHIS PPQ S&T, and USDA ARS SEL);

LTSEM images: Gary Bauchan, Electron & Confocal Microscopy Unit (E&MCU), USDA ARS; preparation and mounting by Ronald Ochoa (SEL); colored LTSEM images by Chris Pooley E&CMU, USDA -ARS.

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