Trisetacus chamaecypari Smith
(a gall mite)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTrisetacus chamaecypari (a gall mite)
GenusTrisetacus (a genus of gall mites)
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
Ostojá-starzewski, J.C. & Halstead, A.J. 2006 Trisetacus chamaecypari Smith (Acari: Phytoptdiae) damaging Leyland Cypress in Britain: a new host and country record for this mite Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 19: 201-205.

Trisetacus chamaecypari (a gall mite) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 8 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Trisetacus chamaecypari (a gall mite)
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