| Vasates quadripedes | |
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| Galls on sugar maple | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Family: | Eriophyidae |
| Genus: | Vasates |
| Species: | V. quadripedes
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| Binomial name | |
| Vasates quadripedes Shimer, 1869
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Vasates quadripedes, the maple bladder-gall mite, is an eriophyid mite in the genus Vasates, which causes galls on the leaves of silver maple (Acer saccharinum), red maple (A. rubrum), and sugar maple (A. saccharum).[1] The gall is rounded, sometimes elongate, and has a short, thin neck. Typically, galls are 2–3 millimetres (0.079–0.118 in) in diameter, and may be numerous on the upper surfaces of leaves.[1] They have an opening in the lower surface. At first they are yellowish-green or bright red, later they become dark red and black.[2]
In Britain, the mite affects introduced silver maple. The species is relatively new to Britain, being first recorded in London in 2002.[3]
- ^ a b "Maple Bladdergall Mite". Maine Forest Service. April 2000. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ Margaret Redfern & Peter Shirley (2011). British Plant Galls (2nd ed.). Preston Montford: Field Studies Council. p. 23. ISBN 978-1-85153-284-1.
- ^ Brian Wurzell (2002). "The maple bladder gall of the gall mite Vasates quadripedes new to Britain". Cecidology. 17 (1). British Plant Gall Society: 31–35.