Summary ⁴

Balaustium is a genus of mites belonging to the family Erythraeidae. These are large red mites with one or two pairs of eyes set well back on the body.

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2. (c) Ted Kropiewnicki, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Balaustium1.jpg
3. (c) James Bailey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by James Bailey
4. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balaustium

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