Ectoparasitic chiggers (Acari: Trombiculidae, Leeuwenhoekiidae), lice (Phthiraptera), and Hemiptera (Cimicidae and Reduviidae) from South Carolina, U. S. A.
Author
Reeves, Will K.
Author
Durden, Lance A.
Author
Wrenn, William J.
text
Zootaxa
2004
647
1
20
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.158298
45a301df-f575-46fa-a8ed-dd8d6ca53b18
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158298
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Eutrombicula splendens
(Ewing)
Charleston Co., Wedge Plantation,
31 August 1995
, ex
Neotoma floridana
,
coll. K. Clark; Georgetown Co., Hobcaw Barony,
18 July 1995
, ex
N. floridana
, coll. K.L. Clark.
Eutrombicula splendens
is a pest chigger of humans, but larvae usually parasitize reptiles as well as birds and mammals including deer (
Forrester
et al.
1996
).