It is the first scientific publication where the mite of the genre Pyemotes is associated with the woodworm of furniture, from which the name “woodworm mite”.
Principato M., Polidori G.A., 1993. Pyemotes ventricosus: un acaro associato al “ tarlo del legno”, parassita occasionale dell’uomo. Praxis Veterinaria, 14(4): 23-25.