Euschoengastia blarinae (Ewing)

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 : 3

Euschoengastia blarinae (Ewing)

Pickens Co., Clemson, 14 December 2003, ex Blarina brevicauda , coll. K.D. Cobb.

In the eastern third of North America, Euschoengastia blarinae is a widely distributed ectoparasite of shrews including B. brevicauda , Sorex cinereus Kerr , Sorex fumeus Miller , and S. longirostris Bachman ; an exception was the type specimen taken from a rodent, Peromyscus leucopus (Rafinesque) ( Moore 1949; Wharton & Fuller 1952; Farrell 1956). Farrell (1956) wrote “The type host was given as Blarina brevicauda . However, the label on the type slide (USNM 1018) bears the host name Peromyscus leucopus . There is the possibility of confusion in labeling.” Larvae of E. blarinae are active year round except in June ( Farrell 1956).