Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (Trouessart, 1898)

(European house dust mite)

Distribution. House dust from sleeping areas; Ndola, Copperbelt Province (Buchanan & Jones 1974).

Remarks. Constituted 90.4% of the mites collected. Unidentified species of pyroglyphids made up 4.4% of total mites found.