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Arthropoda: Chelicerata: Arachnida:
Order: acari
Species: Trombiculidae (chigger) |
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Arthropoda: Chelicerata: Arachnida: acari
Bryobia praetiosa (clover mite) |
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Arthropoda: Chelicerata: Arachnida: acari
Ornithonyssus bacoti (tropical rate mite) |
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Arthropoda: Chelicerata: Arachnida: acari
Sarcoptes scabiei
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Arthropoda: Chelicerata: Arachnida: acari
Demodex folliculorum (follicle mite) |
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Arthropoda: Chelicerata: Arachnida: acari
Dermatophagoides (dust mite) |
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Arthropoda: Chelicerata: Arachnida:
Order acari:
Family: ixodidae
Ixodes scapularis (deer ticks) |
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Arthropoda: Chelicerata: Arachnida: acari: ixodidae
Amblyomma americanum (lone star ticks) |
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Arthropoda: Chelicerata: Arachnida: acari: ixodidae
Dermacentor andersoni (rocky mountain wood tick) |
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Arthropoda: Chelicerata: Arachnida: acari: ixodidae
Rhipicephalus sanguineus (brown dog tick)
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Pathogen: Borrelia burgdorferi (lyme disease)
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Order: Hemiptera
Family: Cimicidae
Species: Cimex lectularius (bed bugs) |
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Order Hemiptera
Family Reduviidae
Subfamily Triatominae
Species Rhodnius (kissing bugs)
vector chagas disease |
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Order: Hemiptera
Family: Reduviidae
Species: Arilus cristatus (Wheel bug)
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Order:Hemiptera
Family: Belostomatidae (Giant water bugs)
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Phthiraptera: Anoplura: Pediculidae:
Pediculus humanus humanus (body louse)
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Phthiraptera: Anoplura: Pthiridae:
Pthirus pubis (crab or pubic louse)
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Order: Phthiraptera
Group: Mallophaga (chewing lice) |
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Order: Blattaria
Family: Blattelidae
Species: Blattella germanica (German cockroach) |
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Order: Blattaria
Species: Periplaneta americana (American cockroach)
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Order: Blattaria
Family: blattidae
Species: Blatta orientalis (Oriental cockroach)
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Order Blattaria
Periplaneta fuliginosa (Smoky-brown cockroach)
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Order: Blattaria
Family: Blattellidae
Species: Supella longipalpa (Brown-banded cockroach) |
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Order: Orthoptera
Family: Gryllidae (Crickets) |
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Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae (Camel cricket)
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Order: Orthoptera
Family: Gryllotalpidae (mole cricket) |
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Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae (ant)
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| Arachnida: Araneae (spiders) |
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Arthropoda: Chelicerata: Arachnida: acari: ixodidae
Haemaphysalis longicornis (bush ticks) |
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| Arthropoda: Chelicerata: Arachnida: acari: Argasidae |
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Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae:
triatoma (cone nosed bug) |
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Order: Phthiraptera
Suborder: Anoplura:
Species: Pediculus humanus capitis (head louse) |
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Haematopinnus suis (hog louse) |
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Oder: Phthiraptera
Suborder: Anoplura: sucking lice |
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Small (2.0-5.0 mm)
Flat-bodied, wingless
Piercing/sucking mouthparts concealed within head
Head is narrower than the prothorax
Each 1-segmented tarsus has a single claw that fits against
a thumb-like projection at the end of the tibia that
enables the insect to grasp host hairs.
Incomplete metamorphosis
Ectoparasites (external parasites) of mammals
Consume blood
Some species attack humans.
Diseases:
Pediculosis
Louse borne or epidemic typhus: Rickettsia prowazekii
Trench fever: Rochalimaea quintana
Epidemic relapsing fever: Borrelia recurrentis |
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| Phthiraptera: Mallophaga: chewing lice |
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Small (0.5-11 mm)
Flat-bodied, wingless
chewing mouthparts
Head as wide or wider than the prothorax
Some species have one large tarsal claw
Incomplete metamorphosis
Ectoparasites (external parasites) of mammals, birds
Consume blood, mites, bird quills
Do not attack humans. |
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Order: Siphonaptera
Family: Pulicidae
Species: Echidnophaga gallinacea (sticktight flea) |
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Order: Siphonaptera
Family: Pulicidae
Species: Xenopsylla cheopis (oriental rat flea) |
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Order: Siphonaptera
Family: Pulicidae
Species: Pulex irritans (human flea) |
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Siphonaptera: Pulicidae
Ctenocephalides felis (cat flea) |
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Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae
Diamanus montanus (rock squirrel flea) |
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Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae
Nosopsyllus fasciatus (northern rat flea) |
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Order: Siphonaptera
Family: Leptopsyllidae
Species: Leptopsylla segnis (european mouse flea) |
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Infraphylum Atelocerata, Class Chilopoda
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Infraphylum Atelocerata, Class Diplopoda (milipede)
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Order: Phthiraptera
Suborder: Anoplura:
Species: Pediculus humanus humanus |
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| Order: Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) |
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