Fonsecia palmella Brennan and Loomis

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
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:52622931-7DA7-4EF3-9AB9-47D8E47C9B4C
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6269600
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C2738789-7712-EC11-6D3C-FB9DFBFE50D6
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Fonsecia palmella Brennan and Loomis
status

Treatment

Barnwell Co., Carolina Bay, 23 July 2000, ex Eumeces latriceps (Schneider) , coll. R.R. Montanuccii.

Larvae of F. palmella are mainly parasitic on birds, but this species also has been taken from rabbits and lizards ( Loomis 1956; Dohany & Cromroy 1976).