PHYTOPTIDAE
(a family of gall mites)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyPHYTOPTIDAE (a family of 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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Vacanti, V. 2015 Handbook of Mites of Economic Plants 890pp, CABI

PHYTOPTIDAE (a family of gall mites) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PHYTOPTIDAE (a family of gall mites)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 30 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for PHYTOPTIDAE (a family of gall mites)
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