Collembola (Springtails) (Arthropoda: Hexapoda: Entognatha) found in scrapings from individuals diagnosed with delusory parasitosis

Journal of the New York Entomological Society

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 87-95

  Altschuler, Deborah Z ^a   Crutcher, Michael ^b   Dulceanu, Neculai ^c   Cervantes, Beth A ^a   Terinte, Cristina ^d   Sorkin, Louis N ^e  

^a National Pediculosis Association   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c Agricultural Science   (Romania)

^d GRIGORE T POPA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^e DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropoda; Biting; Collembola; Crawling; Entognatha; Hexapoda; Human skin; Lice and scabies; Pediculosis; Springtail; Stinging

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; COLLEMBOLA; HEXAPODA; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 4243074123     PISSN: 00287199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1664/0028-7199(2004)112[0087:CSAHEF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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