Vasates quadripedes Shimer, 1869
(Maple Bladder Gall Mite)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesVasates quadripedes (Maple Bladder Gall Mite)
GenusVasates (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 Vasates quadripedes (Maple Bladder Gall Mite) :
1: Vasates quadripedes (Maple Bladder Gall Mite)
28 Jun 2017 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
galls on Silver Maple leaf
Image 1: Infected leaf - top surface - white backgroundImage 2: Infected leaf - under surface - white backgroundImage 3: Gall - cut in half to show mites within - magnifiedImage 4: Gall - cut in half to show mites within - magnified (2)Image 5: Galls - close-up - side view - enlargedImage 6: Galls - close-up - top view - enlargedImage 7: Galls - close-up - top view - enlarged (2)Image 8: Galls - close-up - top view - enlarged (3)Image 9: Galls - under surface - enlarged - white backgroundImage 10: Galls - under surface - enlarged - white background (2)Image 11: Mite - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 12: Mite - ventral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 13: Mite - ventral view - surface - magnified - white background

Vasates quadripedes (Maple Bladder Gall Mite) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Vasates quadripedes (Maple Bladder Gall Mite)
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