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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thanks to Robyn Rose at APHIS for this announcement</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Bee Mite ID: Bee-associated Mite Genera of the World</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans"">ITP collaborator: University of Michigan</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans"">Authors: Pavel Klimov, Barry OConnor, Ronald Ochoa, Gary Bauchan, Amanda Redford, and Julia Scher</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans""><img width="799" height="461" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D22EBD.FA86A370"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s Identification Technology Program (ITP) is pleased to announce the release of <i>Bee Mite ID: Bee-associated Mite Genera of the World</i>. This tool allows for identification of adult and immature mite life stages found on bees and in their nests, focuses on important bee pollinators, and can help in distinguishing harmful from non-harmful mites.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">This web-based tool is designed with components people with varying degrees of knowledge can use. <i>Bee Mite ID</i> features resources to help users identify mites found on bees, including an illustrated interactive key, comprehensive fact sheets, a filterable image gallery, quick reference guides, illustrated mite and bee morphology pages, and more!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Please find the attached PDF announcement to see an overview of ITP’s newest identification tool for PPQ and its partners. Please also feel free to forward this email or the attachment to your colleagues.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span><i><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Bee Mite ID: Bee-associated Mite Genera of the World</span></i><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""> can be accessed at: <span style="color:#c55a11"><a href="http://idtools.org/id/mites/beemites/"><span style="color:#c55a11">http://idtools.org/id/mites/beemites/</span></a></span>.</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Visit <span style="color:#c55a11"><a href="http://idtools.org"><span style="color:#c55a11">http://idtools.org</span></a></span> to view other ITP tools.</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Visit the Google Play Store or the App Store to view ITP’s Lucid Mobile apps for <span style="color:#c55a11"><a href="https://play.google.com/store/search?q=USDA%20APHIS%20ITP&c=apps&hl=en"><span style="color:#c55a11">Android</span></a></span> and <span style="color:#c55a11"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/united-states-department-agriculture/id511305053"><span style="color:#c55a11">iOS</span></a></span>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">If you did not receive this email directly from ITP, and you would like to be included in future ITP announcement emails, please send a request to <span style="color:#c55a11"><a href="mailto:itp@usda.gov"><span style="color:#c55a11">itp@usda.gov</span></a></span>. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">-- Julia Scher and team, USDA APHIS PPQ S&T ITP</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans"">To unsubscribe from this list, please email <span style="color:#c55a11"><a href="mailto:itp@usda.gov"><span style="color:#c55a11">itp@usda.gov</span></a></span>. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br><br><br><br>This electronic message contains information generated by the USDA solely for the intended recipients. 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