Trisetacus chamaecypari Smith
(a gall mite)

Interactions where Trisetacus chamaecypari 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
		feeds on cone			Chamaecyparis lawsoniana	Lawson’s Cypress	Pinales: Cupressaceae	Trisetacus chamaecypari Smith (Acari: Phytoptdiae) damaging Leyland Cypress in Britain: a new host and country record for this mite, Ostojá-starzewski, J.C. & Halstead, A.J., 2006	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Phytoptidae/Trisetacus chamaecypari/	Trisetacus chamaecypari	a gall mite					Foodplant / feeds on		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Chamaecyparis lawsoniana/	Chamaecyparis lawsoniana	Lawson's cypress			cone
		feeds on foliage			Chamaecyparis lawsoniana	Lawson’s Cypress	Pinales: Cupressaceae	Trisetacus chamaecypari Smith (Acari: Phytoptdiae) damaging Leyland Cypress in Britain: a new host and country record for this mite, Ostojá-starzewski, J.C. & Halstead, A.J., 2006	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Phytoptidae/Trisetacus chamaecypari/	Trisetacus chamaecypari	a gall mite					Foodplant / feeds on		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Chamaecyparis lawsoniana/	Chamaecyparis lawsoniana	Lawson's cypress			foliage
		feeds on cone			Cupressus macrocarpa	Monterey Cypress	Pinales: Cupressaceae	Trisetacus chamaecypari Smith (Acari: Phytoptdiae) damaging Leyland Cypress in Britain: a new host and country record for this mite, Ostojá-starzewski, J.C. & Halstead, A.J., 2006	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Phytoptidae/Trisetacus chamaecypari/	Trisetacus chamaecypari	a gall mite					Foodplant / feeds on		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Cupressus macrocarpa/	Cupressus macrocarpa	Monterey cypress			cone
		feeds on foliage			Cupressus macrocarpa	Monterey Cypress	Pinales: Cupressaceae	Trisetacus chamaecypari Smith (Acari: Phytoptdiae) damaging Leyland Cypress in Britain: a new host and country record for this mite, Ostojá-starzewski, J.C. & Halstead, A.J., 2006	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Phytoptidae/Trisetacus chamaecypari/	Trisetacus chamaecypari	a gall mite					Foodplant / feeds on		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Cupressus macrocarpa/	Cupressus macrocarpa	Monterey cypress			foliage
		feeds on cone			Juniperus virginiana	Virginian Juniper	Pinales: Cupressaceae	Trisetacus chamaecypari Smith (Acari: Phytoptdiae) damaging Leyland Cypress in Britain: a new host and country record for this mite, Ostojá-starzewski, J.C. & Halstead, A.J., 2006	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Phytoptidae/Trisetacus chamaecypari/	Trisetacus chamaecypari	a gall mite					Foodplant / feeds on		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Juniperus virginiana/	Juniperus virginiana	virginian juniper			cone
		feeds on foliage			Juniperus virginiana	Virginian Juniper	Pinales: Cupressaceae	Trisetacus chamaecypari Smith (Acari: Phytoptdiae) damaging Leyland Cypress in Britain: a new host and country record for this mite, Ostojá-starzewski, J.C. & Halstead, A.J., 2006	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Phytoptidae/Trisetacus chamaecypari/	Trisetacus chamaecypari	a gall mite					Foodplant / feeds on		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Juniperus virginiana/	Juniperus virginiana	virginian juniper			foliage
		feeds on terminal vegetative bud			Cupressus macrocarpa x Xanthocyparis nootkatensis = X Cuprocyparis leylandii	Leyland cypress	Pinales: Cupressaceae	Trisetacus chamaecypari Smith (Acari: Phytoptdiae) damaging Leyland Cypress in Britain: a new host and country record for this mite, Ostojá-starzewski, J.C. & Halstead, A.J., 2006	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Phytoptidae/Trisetacus chamaecypari/	Trisetacus chamaecypari	a gall mite					Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Cupressus macrocarpa x Xanthocyparis nootkatensis = X Cuprocyparis leylandii/	Cupressus macrocarpa x Xanthocyparis nootkatensis = X Cuprocyparis leylandii	Leyland cypress			terminal vegetative bud		Sole
		feeds on cone			Xanthocyparis nootkatensis	Nootka Cypress	Pinales: Cupressaceae	Trisetacus chamaecypari Smith (Acari: Phytoptdiae) damaging Leyland Cypress in Britain: a new host and country record for this mite, Ostojá-starzewski, J.C. & Halstead, A.J., 2006	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Phytoptidae/Trisetacus chamaecypari/	Trisetacus chamaecypari	a gall mite					Foodplant / feeds on		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Xanthocyparis nootkatensis/	Xanthocyparis nootkatensis	Nootka cypress			cone

Author & Year	Title	Source
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 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	Trisetacus chamaecypari (a gall mite)
Genus	Trisetacus (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)

Trisetacus chamaecypari is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	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:

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 Trisetacus chamaecypari (a gall 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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