Studies on North American Chiggers. 1. The "Akamushi" Group
- 31 May 1947
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Journal of Parasitology
- Vol. 33 (3) , 260-264
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3273559
Abstract
The "akamushi" group contains all of the chiggers that have been proved to transmit scrub typhus. Trombicula myotis, a. chigger found on the bat Myotis lucifugus, is a member of the group and is the 1st sp. of the group to be recognized from N. America. It has been collected in Maine and Penna.Keywords
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