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
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20
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.158298
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158298
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Bovicola bovis
(Linnaeus)
Pickens Co., Clemson,
9 September 1979
, ex
Bos taurus
, coll. L.C. Hern.
Bovicola bovis
is a hostspecific ectoparasite of
B. taurus
(Hopkins & Clay 1952)
. Infestations by
B. bovis
irritate cattle and cause millions of dollars of economic damage in the
U.S.
yearly (Price
et al.
2003).