April 2009. A member of the Agricultural Quarantine Agency Indonesia, as whether the photos above was Rhizoglyphus echinopus.

This mite is not a member of Rhizoglyphus. It looks like a species of Tyrophagus. The photo contains insufficient detail for identification. See the following book:

Fan Q-H, Zhang ZQ (2007) Tyrophagus (Acari: Astigmata: Acaridae). Fauna of New Zealand 52. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln, 291 pp. ISBN 9780478093865 (Paperback)

www.landcareresearch.co.nz/research/biosystematics/invertebrates/faunaofnz/extracts/FNZ56/fnz56ind.asp