| trombiculid fauna and seasonal abundance of leptotrombidium scutellare (acari: trombiculidae) in an endemic area of scrub typhus (tsutsugamushi disease) in yamakita town, kanagawa prefecture, japan. | using the tullgren funnel method, we surveyed for trombiculid larvae around dwellings and in mandarin orange groves on the slopes of sengenyama and maruyama, yamakita town, kanagawa prefecture, japan, during the period between 8 october 1992 and 8 january 1993. in total, 6,690 trombiculid larvae, consisting of 6,669 leptotrombidium scutellare (nagayo, mitamura, tamiya & tenjin), 13 l. fuji kuwata, berge & philip, two l. himizu (sasa, kumada, hayashi, enomoto, fukuzumi & obata), two neotrombicula ... | 1994 | 7815396 |