Phytoptus avellanae ’vagrant form’
(a hazel mite)

Interactions where Phytoptus avellanae ’vagrant form’ is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
nymph 1 (vagrant form)		nymph 1 (vagrant form) feeds on female flower			Corylus avellana	Hazel	Fagales: Betulaceae	Cryptic speciation within Phytoptus avellanae s.l. (Eriophyoidea: Phytoptidae) revealed by molecular data and observations on molting Tegonotus-like nymphs, Cvrković, T., Chetverikov, P., Vidović, B. & Petanović R., 2016 Life cycles of Phytoptus avellanae Nal. and Cecidophyopsis vermiformis Nal. (Eriophyoidea: Acarina), Özman, S.K. & Toros, S., 1997	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Phytoptidae/Phytoptus avellanae 'vagrant form'/	Phytoptus avellanae 'vagrant form'	a hazel mite				nymph 1 (vagrant form)	Foodplant / feeds on		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Corylus avellana/	Corylus avellana	hazel			female flower		Sole
nymph 1 (vagrant form)		nymph 1 (vagrant form) feeds on leaf			Corylus avellana	Hazel	Fagales: Betulaceae	Cryptic speciation within Phytoptus avellanae s.l. (Eriophyoidea: Phytoptidae) revealed by molecular data and observations on molting Tegonotus-like nymphs, Cvrković, T., Chetverikov, P., Vidović, B. & Petanović R., 2016 Life cycles of Phytoptus avellanae Nal. and Cecidophyopsis vermiformis Nal. (Eriophyoidea: Acarina), Özman, S.K. & Toros, S., 1997	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Phytoptidae/Phytoptus avellanae 'vagrant form'/	Phytoptus avellanae 'vagrant form'	a hazel mite				nymph 1 (vagrant form)	Foodplant / feeds on		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Corylus avellana/	Corylus avellana	hazel			leaf		Sole
nymph 1 (vagrant form)		nymph 1 (vagrant form) feeds on catkin			Corylus avellana	Hazel	Fagales: Betulaceae	Cryptic speciation within Phytoptus avellanae s.l. (Eriophyoidea: Phytoptidae) revealed by molecular data and observations on molting Tegonotus-like nymphs, Cvrković, T., Chetverikov, P., Vidović, B. & Petanović R., 2016 Life cycles of Phytoptus avellanae Nal. and Cecidophyopsis vermiformis Nal. (Eriophyoidea: Acarina), Özman, S.K. & Toros, S., 1997	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Phytoptidae/Phytoptus avellanae 'vagrant form'/	Phytoptus avellanae 'vagrant form'	a hazel mite				nymph 1 (vagrant form)	Foodplant / feeds on		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Corylus avellana/	Corylus avellana	hazel			catkin		Sole
nymph 1 (vagrant form)		nymph 1 (vagrant form) feeds within swollen, Phytoptus-galled leaf bud			Corylus avellana	Hazel	Fagales: Betulaceae	Cryptic speciation within Phytoptus avellanae s.l. (Eriophyoidea: Phytoptidae) revealed by molecular data and observations on molting Tegonotus-like nymphs, Cvrković, T., Chetverikov, P., Vidović, B. & Petanović R., 2016 Life cycles of Phytoptus avellanae Nal. and Cecidophyopsis vermiformis Nal. (Eriophyoidea: Acarina), Özman, S.K. & Toros, S., 1997	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Phytoptidae/Phytoptus avellanae 'vagrant form'/	Phytoptus avellanae 'vagrant form'	a hazel mite				nymph 1 (vagrant form)	Foodplant / internal feeder		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Corylus avellana/	Corylus avellana	hazel		swollen, Phytoptus-galled	leaf bud		Sole
nymph 2 (vagrant form)		nymph 2 (vagrant form) feeds on female flower			Corylus avellana	Hazel	Fagales: Betulaceae	Cryptic speciation within Phytoptus avellanae s.l. (Eriophyoidea: Phytoptidae) revealed by molecular data and observations on molting Tegonotus-like nymphs, Cvrković, T., Chetverikov, P., Vidović, B. & Petanović R., 2016 Life cycles of Phytoptus avellanae Nal. and Cecidophyopsis vermiformis Nal. (Eriophyoidea: Acarina), Özman, S.K. & Toros, S., 1997	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Phytoptidae/Phytoptus avellanae 'vagrant form'/	Phytoptus avellanae 'vagrant form'	a hazel mite				nymph 2 (vagrant form)	Foodplant / feeds on		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Corylus avellana/	Corylus avellana	hazel			female flower		Sole
nymph 2 (vagrant form)		nymph 2 (vagrant form) feeds on leaf			Corylus avellana	Hazel	Fagales: Betulaceae	Cryptic speciation within Phytoptus avellanae s.l. (Eriophyoidea: Phytoptidae) revealed by molecular data and observations on molting Tegonotus-like nymphs, Cvrković, T., Chetverikov, P., Vidović, B. & Petanović R., 2016 Life cycles of Phytoptus avellanae Nal. and Cecidophyopsis vermiformis Nal. (Eriophyoidea: Acarina), Özman, S.K. & Toros, S., 1997	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Phytoptidae/Phytoptus avellanae 'vagrant form'/	Phytoptus avellanae 'vagrant form'	a hazel mite				nymph 2 (vagrant form)	Foodplant / feeds on		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Corylus avellana/	Corylus avellana	hazel			leaf		Sole
nymph 2 (vagrant form)		nymph 2 (vagrant form) feeds on catkin			Corylus avellana	Hazel	Fagales: Betulaceae	Cryptic speciation within Phytoptus avellanae s.l. (Eriophyoidea: Phytoptidae) revealed by molecular data and observations on molting Tegonotus-like nymphs, Cvrković, T., Chetverikov, P., Vidović, B. & Petanović R., 2016 Life cycles of Phytoptus avellanae Nal. and Cecidophyopsis vermiformis Nal. (Eriophyoidea: Acarina), Özman, S.K. & Toros, S., 1997	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Phytoptidae/Phytoptus avellanae 'vagrant form'/	Phytoptus avellanae 'vagrant form'	a hazel mite				nymph 2 (vagrant form)	Foodplant / feeds on		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Corylus avellana/	Corylus avellana	hazel			catkin		Sole
nymph 2 (vagrant form)		nymph 2 (vagrant form) feeds within swollen, Phytoptus-galled leaf bud			Corylus avellana	Hazel	Fagales: Betulaceae	Cryptic speciation within Phytoptus avellanae s.l. (Eriophyoidea: Phytoptidae) revealed by molecular data and observations on molting Tegonotus-like nymphs, Cvrković, T., Chetverikov, P., Vidović, B. & Petanović R., 2016 Life cycles of Phytoptus avellanae Nal. and Cecidophyopsis vermiformis Nal. (Eriophyoidea: Acarina), Özman, S.K. & Toros, S., 1997	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Phytoptidae/Phytoptus avellanae 'vagrant form'/	Phytoptus avellanae 'vagrant form'	a hazel mite				nymph 2 (vagrant form)	Foodplant / internal feeder		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Corylus avellana/	Corylus avellana	hazel		swollen, Phytoptus-galled	leaf bud		Sole
vagrant form		vagrant form feeds on leaf			Corylus avellana	Hazel	Fagales: Betulaceae	Cryptic speciation within Phytoptus avellanae s.l. (Eriophyoidea: Phytoptidae) revealed by molecular data and observations on molting Tegonotus-like nymphs, Cvrković, T., Chetverikov, P., Vidović, B. & Petanović R., 2016 Life cycles of Phytoptus avellanae Nal. and Cecidophyopsis vermiformis Nal. (Eriophyoidea: Acarina), Özman, S.K. & Toros, S., 1997	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Phytoptidae/Phytoptus avellanae 'vagrant form'/	Phytoptus avellanae 'vagrant form'	a hazel mite				vagrant form	Foodplant / feeds on		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Corylus avellana/	Corylus avellana	hazel			leaf		Sole		(Spring, Autumn)
vagrant form		vagrant form feeds on catkin			Corylus avellana	Hazel	Fagales: Betulaceae	Cryptic speciation within Phytoptus avellanae s.l. (Eriophyoidea: Phytoptidae) revealed by molecular data and observations on molting Tegonotus-like nymphs, Cvrković, T., Chetverikov, P., Vidović, B. & Petanović R., 2016 Life cycles of Phytoptus avellanae Nal. and Cecidophyopsis vermiformis Nal. (Eriophyoidea: Acarina), Özman, S.K. & Toros, S., 1997	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Phytoptidae/Phytoptus avellanae 'vagrant form'/	Phytoptus avellanae 'vagrant form'	a hazel mite				vagrant form	Foodplant / feeds on		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Corylus avellana/	Corylus avellana	hazel			catkin		Sole		(Spring, Autumn)
vagrant form		vagrant form feeds on female flower			Corylus avellana	Hazel	Fagales: Betulaceae	Cryptic speciation within Phytoptus avellanae s.l. (Eriophyoidea: Phytoptidae) revealed by molecular data and observations on molting Tegonotus-like nymphs, Cvrković, T., Chetverikov, P., Vidović, B. & Petanović R., 2016 Life cycles of Phytoptus avellanae Nal. and Cecidophyopsis vermiformis Nal. (Eriophyoidea: Acarina), Özman, S.K. & Toros, S., 1997	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Phytoptidae/Phytoptus avellanae 'vagrant form'/	Phytoptus avellanae 'vagrant form'	a hazel mite				vagrant form	Foodplant / feeds on		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Corylus avellana/	Corylus avellana	hazel			female flower		Sole		(Spring, Autumn)
vagrant form		vagrant form feeds within swollen, Phytoptus-galled leaf bud			Corylus avellana	Hazel	Fagales: Betulaceae	Cryptic speciation within Phytoptus avellanae s.l. (Eriophyoidea: Phytoptidae) revealed by molecular data and observations on molting Tegonotus-like nymphs, Cvrković, T., Chetverikov, P., Vidović, B. & Petanović R., 2016 Life cycles of Phytoptus avellanae Nal. and Cecidophyopsis vermiformis Nal. (Eriophyoidea: Acarina), Özman, S.K. & Toros, S., 1997	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Phytoptidae/Phytoptus avellanae 'vagrant form'/	Phytoptus avellanae 'vagrant form'	a hazel mite				vagrant form	Foodplant / internal feeder		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Corylus avellana/	Corylus avellana	hazel		swollen, Phytoptus-galled	leaf bud		Sole		(Spring, Autumn)

Author & Year	Title	Source
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 ’vagrant form’ (a hazel mite) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

ERIOPHYOIDEA
(gall mites)

ACARI
(mites)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Phytoptus avellanae ’vagrant form’ (a hazel 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)

Phytoptus avellanae ’vagrant form’ is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	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.

Phytoptus avellanae ’vagrant form’ (a hazel mite) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PHYTOPTIDAE
(a family of gall mites)

PROSTIGMATA
(sucking mites)

ACARIFORMES
(acariform mites)

ACARI
(mites)

ARACHNIDA
(mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Phytoptus avellanae ’vagrant form’ (a hazel mite):

PHYTOPTIDAE
(a family of gall mites)

PROSTIGMATA
(sucking mites)

ACARIFORMES
(acariform mites)

ACARI
(mites)

ARACHNIDA
(mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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