BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
ACARI (mites)
Records (and photo sets)
| Taxon | Summary | Date | Vice-county | Country |  |
 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acari | 25 April 1999 | South Hampshire | England | 2 | ||
| Acari | 25 May 1975 | East Sussex | England | 1 |
Subtaxa
| Rank | Taxon |  |
|
|
 |
 |
 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | ACTINOCHAETA (a division of mites) | 87 | |||||
| Superorder | PROSTIGMATA (a superorder of mites) | 87 | 33 | 124 | 17 | 3 | 113 |
| Species | Aculops coulteri (a gall mite) | 1 | |||||
| Division | ANACTINOCHAETA (a division of mites) | 16 | |||||
| Superorder | MESOSTIGMATA (a superorder of mites) | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Superorder | METASTIGMATA (ticks) | 14 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 34 |
| Species | Monochetus sulcatus (a gall mite) | 1 | |||||
| Family | PHYTOPTIDAE (a family of gall mites) | 5 | |||||
| Genus | Trisetacus (a genus of gall mites) | 5 | 1 | 15 | |||
| Family | PODAPOLIPODIDAE (a family of mites) | 1 | |||||
| Genus | Podapolipus (a genus of mites) | 4 | |||||
| Species | Scutacarus acarorum (a mite) | 1 | |||||
| Genus | Vasates (a genus of gall mites) | 6 | |||||
| Species | Vasates epiphyllus | 1 | |||||
| Species | Vasates fraxini (a gall mite) | 1 | |||||
| Species | Vasates pedicularis | 1 | |||||
| Species | Vasates quadripedes Shimer (a gall mite) | 1 | |||||
| Species | Vasates retiolatus (a gall mite) | 3 | |||||
| Species | Vasates rigidus | 1 |
Suggested Literature
Identification Works
| British Galls: http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/british_galls/join (Galls and gall formers) | E-forum |
| Micropics: http://micropics.org.uk/ | Web Site/Page |
| André, M., 1946 | Halacariens Marins |
| Darlington, A., 1968 | A Pocket Encyclopedia of Plant Galls in colour |
| Evans, G.O. & Browning, E., 1955 | Some British Mites of Economic Importance |
| Green, J. & Macquitty, M., 1987 | Halacarid Mites |
| Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 | Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls |
General Works
| British Plant Gall Society: http://www.british-galls.org.uk (Galls and gall formers) | Web Site/Page |
| Alexander, K.N.A., 2002 | The Invertebrates of Living and Decaying Timber in Britain and Ireland - a Provisional Annotated Checklist |
| Evans, G.O., Sheals, J.G. & MacFarlane, D., 1961 | The Terrestrial Acari of the British Isles: 1. Introduction and Biology |
ACARI may also be covered by literature listed under:
|
BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
ANIMALIA (animals) |
ARTHROPODA (arthropods) |
ARACHNIDA (mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.) |
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
ACARI is associated with:
 |
leg | Schistostega pennata - Goblin Gold (Scistostegales: Schistostegaceae) | leg spreads or disperses gemma | 
|
Porley, R. & Hodgetts, N., 2005 [p73] |
Associated with ACARI:
Acari may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
|
ANIMALIA (animals) |
References
| Porley, R. & Hodgetts, N., 2005 | Mosses and Liverworts |
