Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus ( Trouessart, 1898 )

Mwase, Enala T. & Baker Table Of Contents, Anne S., 2006, An annotated checklist of mites (Arachnida: Acari) of Zambia, Zootaxa 1106 (1), pp. 1-24 : 4

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Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus ( Trouessart, 1898 )
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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.

Buchanan, D. J. & Jones, I. G. (1974) Mites and house dust mite allergy in bronchial asthma in Northern Zambia. Postgraduate Medical Journal, 50, 680 - 682.

Trouessart, E. (1898) In: Berlese, A. Acari, Myriopoda et Scorpiones hucusque in Italia reperta, Padova Part 92, nr 3.