Mite fauna of house dust of the island of Tenerife

Citation
A. Sanchez-covisa et al., Mite fauna of house dust of the island of Tenerife, ACAROLOGIA, 40(1), 1999, pp. 55-58
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology/Pest Control
Journal title
ACAROLOGIA
ISSN journal
0044586X → ACNP
Volume
40
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
55 - 58
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-586X(199901)40:1<55:MFOHDO>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
In this work we studied the mite faunal composition present in house dust c ollected in homes of patients with respiratory symptoms in the towns of San ta Cruz and La Laguna, Tenerife (Spain). The frequencies of species occurre nce were: Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (99%), Euroglyphus maynei (23%), T yrophagus putrescentiae (18%), Dermatophagoides farinae (15%), Blomia tropi calis (13%), Lepidoglyphus destructor (6%), Chortoglyphus arcuatus (5%), Gl ycyphagus domesticus (<1%), Caloglyphus berlesei (<1%) and Histiostoma fero niarum (<1%).