title: Pyemotes herfsi (Acari: Pyemotidae), a mite new to North America as the cause of bite outbreaks.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-4004, USA.
authors.forename: Alberto B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Broce
authors.forename: Ludek
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zurek
authors.forename: James A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Kalisch
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Keith
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.forename: Janis
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Goedeke
authors.forename: Cal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Welbourn
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moser
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ochoa
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Azziz-Baumgartner
authors.forename: Fuyuen
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yip
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weber
mesh_terms: 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