Jay Traver

Jay R Traver[a] (August 2,[b] 1894–September 5, 1974)[1][2] was a University of Massachusetts entomologist who studied and published about mayflies. She described over 200 new species and contributed to the reorganization of the systematics of the entire order. She has been called "the first Ephemeroptera specialist in North America".[3]

Her 1951 publication of a paper titled "Unusual Scalp Dermatitis in Humans Caused by the Mite, Dermatophagoides (Acarina, epidermoptidae)" about her own symptoms led to a retrospective diagnosis of delusional parasitosis.

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  2. ^ Poorbaugh, J. H. (June 1993). "Cryptic arthropod infestations: separating fact from fiction" (PDF). Bulletin of the Society for Vector Ecology. 18 (1): 3–5. ISSN 0146-6429. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 15, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
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