Neoschoengastia americana (Hirst)

Reeves, Will K., Durden, Lance A. & Wrenn, William J., 2004, Ectoparasitic chiggers (Acari: Trombiculidae, Leeuwenhoekiidae), lice (Phthiraptera), and Hemiptera (Cimicidae and Reduviidae) from South Carolina, U. S. A., Zootaxa 647, pp. 1-20 : 5

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scientific name	Neoschoengastia americana (Hirst)
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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.

References

Crossley, D. A., Jr. & Proctor, C. W., Jr. (1971) New records of chigger species (Acarina: Trombiculidae) in Georgia. Journal of the Georgia Entomological Society, 6, 184 - 187.

Everett, R. E., Price, M. A., & Kunz, S. E. (1973) Biology of the chigger Neoschongastia americana (Acarina: Trombiculidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 66, 429 - 435.