Nadchatram M, Dohany A L
Jpn J Med Sci Biol. 1980 Oct;33(5):277-82. doi: 10.7883/yoken1952.33.277.
Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) umbricola, described here as a new species, is a member of the L. (L.) deliense group and most closely resembles L. (L.) vivericola. L. (L.) umbricola was collected from the ground surface and from animal hosts, in similar habitats to the scrub typhus vector, L. (L.) deliense. The host and habitat distribution records and the Rickettsia tsutsugamushi infection rates within unengorged specimens suggest that L. (L.) umbricola may be an important vector of scrub typhus in Peninsular Malaysia.
在此描述为新物种的荫生纤恙螨（Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) umbricola）是地里纤恙螨组的成员，与褐背纤恙螨（L. (L.) vivericola）最为相似。荫生纤恙螨是在地面以及动物宿主身上采集到的，其栖息地与恙虫病东方体媒介地里纤恙螨的栖息地相似。未饱血标本的宿主及栖息地分布记录以及恙虫病东方体感染率表明，荫生纤恙螨可能是马来西亚半岛恙虫病的重要传播媒介。
