Pyemotes herfsi (Acari: Pyemotidae), a mite new to North America as the cause of bite outbreaks.
High incidences of red, itching, and painful welts on people in the midwestern United States led to the discovery of a European species of mite, Pyemotes herfsi (Oudemans) (Acari: Pyemotidae), preying on gall-making midge larvae on oak leaves. The mites' great reproductive potential, small size, and high capacity for dispersal by wind make them difficult to control or avoid.
Broce
Alberto B
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Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-4004, USA.
Zurek
Ludek
L
Kalisch
James A
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Brown
Robert
R
Keith
David L
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Gordon
David
D
Goedeke
Janis
J
Welbourn
Cal
C
Moser
John
J
Ochoa
Ronald
R
Azziz-Baumgartner
Eduardo
E
Yip
Fuyuen
F
Weber
Jacob
J
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015146:Midwestern United States; D008925:Mites; D018515:Plant Leaves; D010941:Plant Tumors / Q000469:parasitology; D029963:Quercus