TY - JOUR JF - Acarologia T1 - The genus Blomia Oudemans (Acari: Glycyphagidae). l. Description of Blomia tropicalis sp. n. from house dust in tropical and subtropical regions VL - 15 IS - 3 SP - 477 EP - 489 PY - 1973 SN - 0044-586X SN - 2107-7207 PB - Les Amis d'Acarologia AU - van Bronswijk, J. AU - de Cock, A. AU - Oshima, S. UR - https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=3239 DA - 1974-03-22 KW - Acari KW - Blomia tropicalis KW - copulation KW - reproductive productivity KW - new species KW - Indonesia KW - Bandung AB - Blomia tropicalis sp.n. is described from the larva, protonymph, tritonymph, male and female. The species has been collected in Indonesia, the Philippines, Burma, Taiwan, Japan, Surinam and India in samples of dust, and it appears that B. tropicalis is a regular and sometimes abundant inhabitant of houses in tropical and subtropical regions. It was reared successfully on dried Daphnia. ER -