Malayan Trombidiid Larvae, Part I. (Acarina: Trombidiidae)

Abstract

In 1915 Dowden reported a suspected case of tsutsugamushi disease, or Japanese river fever, from the Federated Malay States. Twelve years later Fletcher and Field (1927) were able to examine a series of cases and established Allothrombium. This spelling is adopted by Oudemans. In the absence of definite evidence of the original derivation, it would appear, in the light of Opinion 34 of the Rules, that the original spelling should be preserved, and Trombicula is therefore used in this paper.