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.
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Zootaxa
2004
647
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10.5281/zenodo.158298
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Eutrombicula alfreddugesi
(Oudemans)
Charleston Co., Charleston Co., Magnolia Gardens,
15 September 1972
, ex
Eumeces laticeps
, coll. R.R. Montanuccii; Mount Pleasant,
21 June 1994
and
28 September 1995
, ex
Neotoma floridana
, coll. K.L. Clark;
28 September 1995
, ex
Sigmodon hispidus
Say and Ord
, coll. K.L. Clark; Seabrooks Island,
11 August 1933
, ex
N. floridana
, coll. H.E. Ewing; Richland Co., Fort Jackson,
19 April 1991
, ex
Sceloporus undulatus
(Bosc & Daudin)
, coll. P. Ferral; Oconee Co., 3.5 M west of Clemson,
8 July 1983
, ex
Cnemidophorus sexlineatus
(Linnaeus)
, coll. R.R. Montanuccii; unknown locations ex
Baeolophus bicolo
Linnaeus
,
Myiarchus crinitus
Linnaeus
,
Poecile carolinensi
s Audubon,
Piranga rubra
Linnaeus
,
Vireo olivaceus
Linnaeus
, coll. Wharton (
Peters 1936
).
Eutrombicula alfreddugesi
is considered the most common chigger parasite of humans in the eastern and central
United States
(
Mallow
et al.
1984
;
Clopton & Gold 1993
;
Mullen & OConnor 2002
).
Eutrombicula alfreddugesi
was once considered the only common chigger species in North
America
(
Ewing 1923
), but according to
Loomis & Wrenn (1984)
the taxonomy of
Eutrombicula
is poorly defined and specimens identified as
E. alfreddugesi
from the eastern southern
United States
represent a complex of species. Some populations have been referred to as
Eutrombicula cinnabaris
(Ewing)
(
Tuegel & Wrenn 1998
;
Durden
et al
. 2000
). Reports of the biology and control of
E. alfreddugesi
(e.g.,
McAllister 1980
;
Clopton & Gold 1992
;
Zippel
et al.
1996
) probably involve numerous pest chiggers.
Crossley & Proctor (1971)
reported both
E. alfreddugesi
and
Eutrombicula splendens
(Ewing)
from a variety of reptiles, birds, and mammals in
Georgia
. The bionomics of most postlarval chiggers are poorly understood, but
Mallow
et al.
(1984)
reported postlarval
E. alfreddugesi
from tree holes and soil where their eggs might be deposited.