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Home of the Database of Insects and their Food Plants Family   Blasticotomidae Sub Family   Description   a family of sawflies Background to Family   The sole British member is Blasticotoma filiceti. It is a very rare species in the wild, but has also been recorded in botanic gardens. The larvae mine the stems and rachides (frond stems) of ferns (Pteridophyta), where they induce a tiny gall.     No. taxa in DBIF   1 No. interactions   4 % interactions with British data   75% No. records   6 % taxa with British data   100% Notes   Data currently unassessed by a specialist for changes in nomenclature, new species to the British list, new interactions, errors in original sources, and misspellings. Comment by Guy Knight, after brief inspection of data for Symphyta, Feb 2007: 'at least two-thirds of the species [need] some editing to the nomenclature or plant associations...there have been many taxonomic changes and additions to the fauna since the 1978 checklist'.; ; Notes on Sources   Most recent source   1957 Below is a list of all sources for this family / sub-family contained within DBIF. Click on source name for a list of all records for this source.   Source   Lorenz, H. & Kraus, M. (1957) Die larvalsystematik der blattwespen. Abhandlungen zur larvalsystematik der insekten 1 1-339:252 Source   Benson, R.B.(1951) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects VI:2A 1-49:35