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Family	Rhycaphytopidae
Sub Family
Description	a family of mites
Background to Family	A family of mites that is herbivorous on broadleaved trees, and whose species tend to specialise on individual host genera.

No. taxa in DBIF	6
No. interactions	32
% interactions with British data	38%
No. records	47
% taxa with British data	83%
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.; ;
Notes on Sources
Most recent source	1983

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	Davis, R., Flechtmann, C.H.W., Boczek, J.H. & Barke, H.E. (1982) Catalogue of Eriophyid Mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) 1-254:0115
Source	Massee, A.M. (1965) Acarina: Eriophyidae :
Source	Macfarlane, D. in eds. Evans, G.O. et al. (1981) The Acari a Practical Manual :VII 1-33:13
Source	Massee, A.M. (1954 ) The pests of fruit and hops. :194
Source	Bagnall, R.S. & Harrison, J.W.H.(1928) Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 2 427-445:444
Source	Davis, R., Flechtmann, C.H.W., Boczek, J.H. & Barke, H.E. (1982) Catalogue of Eriophyid Mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) 1-254:0160
Source	Richens, R.H. (1983) Elm :74
Source	Davis, R., Flechtmann, C.H.W., Boczek, J.H. & Barke, H.E. (1982) Catalogue of Eriophyid Mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) 1-254:0159
Source	Schliesske, J.(1983) Anz. Schadlingsk. Pfl.-Umweltschutz 57:7 121-125:123
Source	Bagnall, R.S. & Harrison, J.W.H.(1928) Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 2 427-445:442
Source	Schliesske, J.(1979) Beitr. Ent. 25:1 1-12:5

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