Dermanyssus hirundinis (Hermann)

Reeves, Will K., Durden, Lance A., Ritzi, Christopher M., Beckham, Katy R., Super, Paul E & Oconnor, Barry M., 2007, Ectoparasites and other ectosymbiotic arthropods of vertebrates in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Zootaxa 1392, pp. 31-68 : 47

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.273680

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6243939

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Dermanyssus hirundinis (Hermann)
status

 

Dermanyssus hirundinis (Hermann) View in CoL

Ex Hirundo rustica View in CoL (barn swallow) nest: “Several,” NC, Swain Co., Oconaluftee, 7 Aug. 2002, W. K. Reeves, L­2991.

Ex Hirundo rustica View in CoL (barn swallow): NC, Haywood Co., Oconaluftee, Purchase Knob, 23 Apr. 2006, P. A. Super.

Dermanyssus hirundinis View in CoL infests a wide variety of birds in North America and will also infest human habitations (Moss et al. 1970).