Staggered Fermion, its Symmetry and Ichimatsu-Patterned Lattice
  We investigate exact symmetries of a staggered fermion in D dimensions. The Dirac operator is reformulated by SO(2D) Clifford algebra. The chiral symmetry, rotational invariance and parity symmetries are clarified in any dimension. Local scalar and pseudo-scalar modes are definitely determined, in which we find non-standard modes. The relation to Ichimatsu-patterned lattice approach is discussed. 
K. Itoh, M. Kato, M. Murata, H. Sawanaka and H.So