Aceria fraxinivora (Nalepa, 1909)
(Cauliflower Ash Gall Mite)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAceria fraxinivora (Cauliflower Ash Gall Mite)
GenusAceria (a genus of gall mites)
FamilyERIOPHYIDAE (gall mites)
SuperfamilyERIOPHYOIDEA (gall mites)
SupercohortEupodides (a supercohort of mites)
SuborderPROSTIGMATA (sucking mites)
OrderTROMBIDIFORMES (trombidiform mites)
SuperorderACARIFORMES (acariform mites)
SubclassACARI (mites)
ClassARACHNIDA (mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.)
SubphylumCHELICERATA (a subphylum of arthropods)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Aceria fraxinivora (Cauliflower Ash Gall Mite) :
1: Aceria fraxinivora (Cauliflower Ash Gall Mite)
5 Aug 1998 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
gall at tip of Ash branch
Image 1: Close-up of part of gallImage 2: GallImage 3: Gall (2)Image 4: Gall (3)Image 5: Gall - close-upImage 6: Gall - LS - close-upImage 7: Gall - LS - close-up (2)

Aceria fraxinivora (Cauliflower Ash Gall Mite) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Aceria fraxinivora (Cauliflower Ash Gall Mite)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Aceria fraxinivora (Cauliflower Ash Gall Mite)
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