Trombicula hirsti

Trombicula hirsti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Subclass: Acari
Order: Trombidiformes
Family: Trombidiidae
Genus: Trombicula
Species: T. hirsti
Binomial name
Trombicula hirsti
Sambon, 1927

Trombicula hirsti is a species in the genus Trombicula, commonly called the scrub-itch mite, it is found in northern Australia.[1][2]

References

  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.