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Phytoptus rudis Nalepa (a gall mite)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #macrophotos
Phytoptus rudis 12 May 2002 Berks England 6
Phytoptus rudis 2 May 1998 Berks England 5

Suggested Literature

Phytoptus rudis may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
ARACHNIDA
(mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.)
ACARI
(mites)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Phytoptus rudis is associated with:

Photos colony Betula - birches (Betulaceae) colony causes gall of live leaf Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992 [causes hypophyllous erineum in depression]
Photos colony Betula - birches (Betulaceae) colony causes gall of live bud Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992 [causes "Big Bud Gall"]
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
colony Tilia cordata - Small-leaved Lime (Tiliaceae) colony causes gall of live leaf Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986

There may be more taxa associated with Phytoptus rudis listed at higher taxonomic level

ACARI
(mites)

Associated with Phytoptus rudis:

Phytoptus rudis may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)

References

Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992 Plant Galls
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls

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