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
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Trombidiformes
Family: Trombiculidae
Genus: Eutrombicula
Species:
E. hirsti
Binomial name
Eutrombicula hirsti
(Sambon, 1927)
Synonyms
  • Trombicula hirsti Sambon, 1927

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.