Host and Distribution Lists of Chiggers (Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae), of North American Wild Vertebrates North of Mexico

Authors

Brianne L. Walters, Indiana State UniversityFollow
John O. Whitaker Jr., Indiana State UniversityFollow
Nicholas S. Gikas, Indiana State UniversityFollow
William J. Wrenn, Orange County Vector Control District, Garden Grove, CaliforniaFollow

Date of this Version

5-2011

Comments

This manuscript article is part of the effort by the Harold W. Manter Laboratory to diversify into the area of ectoparasitology.

Abstract

Information concerning chiggers found on wild vertebrates of North America north of Mexico is summarized. Included are lists a) of the chiggers organized taxonomically, b) hosts from which each species has been reported, and c) states and provinces with references for each separate record