Neoschoengastia americana (Hirst)

Reeves, Will K., Durden, Lance A. & Wrenn, William J., 2004, Ectoparasitic chiggers (Acari: Trombiculidae, Leeuwenhoekiidae), lice (Phthiraptera), and Hemiptera (Cimicidae and Reduviidae) from South Carolina, U. S. A., Zootaxa 647, pp. 1-20 : 5

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.158298
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6269604
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C2738789-7712-EC11-6D3C-F995FDB45356
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scientific name	Neoschoengastia americana (Hirst)
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Dorchester Co., Summerville, January 1936, ex Toxostoma rufum Linnaeus , coll. Wharton.

Neoschoengastia americana can be a significant pest of both wild and domestic turkeys. Larvae of N. americana are gregarious feeders and cause lesions on the skins of infested turkeys, especially free range birds ( Everett et al. 1973). Crossley and Proctor (1971) reported N. americana from domestic turkeys, “grouse,” and T. rufum from the piedmont region of Georgia.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Order	Prostigmata
Family	Trombiculidae
Genus	Neoschoengastia

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