Other names for Tunga penetrans:

South America

• Nigua (Argentina, Venezuela, Caribbean),

• Kuti, suthi-pique (Bolivia),

• Ogri eye (Surinam),

• Bicho do pé (=beast of the foot), pulga de bicho, pulga de porco (Brazil),

• Chica (Colombia, Venezuela),

• Sikka (Guayana),

• Pique (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay), piqui (quéchua), tü (tupí guaraní)

Also known as:

• Chigger flea

• Sand flea

• Chigoe

• Jigger

Muehlen M, Heukelbach J, Wilcke T, Winter B, Mehlhorn H, Feldmeier H: Parasitol Res. 2003, 90(6):449-55