 NBN (data.nbn.org.uk)
has a distribution map for Phytoptus avellanae (Hazel Big-bud Gall - Causer Mite)
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| Species | Phytoptus avellanae (Hazel Big-bud Gall - Causer Mite) |
| Genus | Phytoptus (a genus of gall mites) |
| Family | PHYTOPTIDAE (a family of gall mites) |
| Superfamily | ERIOPHYOIDEA (gall mites) |
| Supercohort | Eupodides (a supercohort of mites) |
| Suborder | PROSTIGMATA (sucking mites) |
| Order | TROMBIDIFORMES (trombidiform mites) |
| Superorder | ACARIFORMES (acariform mites) |
| Subclass | ACARI (mites) |
| Class | ARACHNIDA (mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.) |
| Subphylum | CHELICERATA (a subphylum of arthropods) |
| Phylum | ARTHROPODA (arthropods) |
| Superphylum | ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders) |
| Clade | Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals) |
| Subkingdom | EUMETAZOA (metazoans) |
| Kingdom | ANIMALIA (animals) |
| Domain | Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
| Life | BIOTA (living things) |
| Author | Year | Title | Source | |
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| Cvrković, T., Chetverikov, P., Vidović, B. & Petanović R. | 2016 | Cryptic speciation within Phytoptus avellanae s.l. (Eriophyoidea: Phytoptidae) revealed by molecular data and observations on molting Tegonotus-like nymphs | Experimental and Applied Acarology Vol 68 (1): 83-96. | |
| Özman, S.K. & Toros, S. | 1997 | Life cycles of Phytoptus avellanae Nal. and Cecidophyopsis vermiformis Nal. (Eriophyoidea: Acarina) | Acta Horticulturae Vol 445: 493-502. |
Phytoptus avellanae (Hazel Big-bud Gall - Causer Mite) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:
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NBN (data.nbn.org.uk)
has a distribution map for Phytoptus avellanae (Hazel Big-bud Gall - Causer Mite)
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 BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Phytoptus avellanae (Hazel Big-bud Gall - Causer Mite)
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The causer of big-bud gall on Hazel. The mites are very scarce in the fresh galls, becoming very numerous in over-wintered galls by the following spring.
References:| Author & Year | Title | Source |
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| Özman, S.K. & Toros, S., 1997 | Population fluctuations of Phytoptus avellanae Nal. and Cecidophyopsis vermiformis Nal. (Eriophyoidea: Acarina) in big buds of hazelnut. | Acta Horticulturae Vol 445: 511-520. |
| Özman, S.K. & Toros, S., 1997 | Life cycles of Phytoptus avellanae Nal. and Cecidophyopsis vermiformis Nal. (Eriophyoidea: Acarina) | Acta Horticulturae Vol 445: 493-502. |
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