Balaustium graminum

Balaustium graminum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Subclass: Acari
Order: Trombidiformes
Family: Erythraeidae
Genus: Balaustium
Species: B. graminum
Binomial name
Balaustium graminum
Meyer & Ryke, 1959

Balaustium graminum is a species of mite belonging to the family Erythraeidae. This mite is very closely related to and similar to Balaustium medicagoense but has two (rather than one) pairs of eyes and is less densely hairy.

The adult is associated with various grasses in the vicinity of Grabouw, South Africa.

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