Skin symptom (straw itch) due to bites of mites, e.g., of Pyemotes ventricosus, which lives as larva and nymphs at the cost of various insect pests.
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Mehlhorn, H. (2015). Acarodermatitis. In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27769-6_33-2
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