Pyemotes herfsi (Acari: Pyemotidae), a Mite New to North America as the Cause of Bite Outbreaks

ALBERTO B. BROCE; LUDEK ZUREK; JAMES A. KALISCH; ROBERT BROWN; DAVID L. KEITH; DAVID GORDON; JANIS GOEDEKE; CAL WELBOURN; JOHN MOSER; RONALD OCHOA; EDUARDO AZZIZ-BAUMGARTNER; FUYUEN YIP; JACOB WEBER

doi:10.1603/0022-2585(2006)43[610:PHAPAM]2.0.CO;2

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1 May 2006 Pyemotes herfsi (Acari: Pyemotidae), a Mite New to North America as the Cause of Bite Outbreaks

ALBERTO B. BROCE, LUDEK ZUREK, JAMES A. KALISCH, ROBERT BROWN, DAVID L. KEITH, DAVID GORDON, JANIS GOEDEKE, CAL WELBOURN, JOHN MOSER, RONALD OCHOA, EDUARDO AZZIZ-BAUMGARTNER, FUYUEN YIP, JACOB WEBER

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J. of Medical Entomology, 43(3):610-613 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-2585(2006)43[610:PHAPAM]2.0.CO;2

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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.

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ALBERTO B. BROCE, LUDEK ZUREK, JAMES A. KALISCH, ROBERT BROWN, DAVID L. KEITH, DAVID GORDON, JANIS GOEDEKE, CAL WELBOURN, JOHN MOSER, RONALD OCHOA, EDUARDO AZZIZ-BAUMGARTNER, FUYUEN YIP, and JACOB WEBER "Pyemotes herfsi (Acari: Pyemotidae), a Mite New to North America as the Cause of Bite Outbreaks," Journal of Medical Entomology 43(3), 610-613, (1 May 2006). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-2585(2006)43[610:PHAPAM]2.0.CO;2

Received: 8 September 2005; Accepted: 29 December 2005; Published: 1 May 2006

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