Pyemotes herfsi (Acari: Pyemotidae), a mite new to North America as the cause of bite outbreaks

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 610-613

  Broce, Alberto B ^a   Zurek, Ludek ^a   Kalisch, James A ^a,b   Brown, Robert ^a   Keith, David L ^a,b   Gordon, David ^a,c   Goedeke, Janis ^a,d   Welbourn, Cal ^a,e   Moser, John ^a,f   Ochoa, Ronald ^a,g   Azziz Baumgartner, Eduardo ^a,h   Yip, Fuyuen ^a,h   Weber, Jacob ^a,i  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Crawford County Health Department   (United States)

^e DIVISION OF PLANT INDUSTRY   (United States)

^f USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^g U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^h CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

ⁱ Kansas Cooperative Extension Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Itching bites; Mite; Pyemotes herfsi

Indexed keywords

ACARI; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; PYEMOTES; PYEMOTIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; MITE; OAK; PARASITOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT TUMOR; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MITES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT TUMORS; QUERCUS;

EID: 33745247767     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2006)43[610:PHAPAM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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