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
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158298
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Neoschoengastia americana
(Hirst)
Dorchester Co., Summerville,
January 1936
, ex
Toxostoma rufum
Linnaeus
, coll. Wharton.
Neoschoengastia americana
can be a significant pest of both wild and domestic turkeys. Larvae of
N. americana
are gregarious feeders and cause lesions on the skins of infested turkeys, especially free range birds (
Everett
et al.
1973
).
Crossley and Proctor (1971)
reported
N. americana
from domestic turkeys, “grouse,” and
T. rufum
from the piedmont region of
Georgia
.