Eutrombicula hirsti, commonly called the scrub-itch mite, is a species of mite in the family Trombiculidae. It is found in northern Australia.[1][2]
Eutrombicula hirsti | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Trombidiformes |
Family: | Trombiculidae |
Genus: | Eutrombicula |
Species: | E. hirsti
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Binomial name | |
Eutrombicula hirsti (Sambon, 1927)
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References
edit- ^ Louis W. Sambon (1927). "The 'scrub itch-mite' of north Queensland: a new species of Trombicula". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9th ser. 20 (1): 157–161. doi:10.1080/00222932708655577.
- ^ S. Hirst (1929). "On the larval trombidiid mite ('Trombicula hirsti L. Sambon) that causes the 'scrub itch' of northern Queensland and the Coorong, South Australia". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 53: 24–26.