Eutrombicula splendens (Ewing)

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.158298
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:52622931-7DA7-4EF3-9AB9-47D8E47C9B4C
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C2738789-7712-EC11-6D3C-FCADFBBD57C6
treatment provided by	Plazi (2016-04-19 00:45:37, last updated 2022-01-31 00:33:22)
scientific name	Eutrombicula splendens (Ewing)
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Treatment

Charleston Co., Wedge Plantation, 31 August 1995, ex Neotoma floridana , coll. K. Clark; Georgetown Co., Hobcaw Barony, 18 July 1995, ex N. floridana , coll. K.L. Clark. Eutrombicula splendens is a pest chigger of humans, but larvae usually parasitize reptiles as well as birds and mammals including deer ( Forrester et al. 1996).

References

Forrester, D. J., McLaughlin, G. S., Telford, S. R., Jr., Foster, G. W., & McCown, J. W. (1996) Ectoparasites (Acari, Mallophaga, Anoplura, Diptera) of white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus, from southern Florida. Journal of Medical Entomology, 33, 96 - 101.