Two new species of chiggers (acari: Leeuwenhoekiidae and trombiculidae) from bats (chiroptera) collected in the kanneliya forest reserve of sri lanka

International Journal of Acarology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-73

  Brown, Wayne A ^a   Udagama Randeniya, Preethi V ^b   Seneviratne, Sampath S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Acari; Chiggers; Ectoparasites; Leeuwenhoekiidae; Sri Lanka; Trombiculidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750974699     PISSN: 01647954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01647950308684323     Document Type: Article

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