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Insects

Siphonapterans (fleas)
- Pulex irritans (human flea)
- Xenopsylla brasiliensis (rat flea) (bubonic plague)
- Xenopsylla cheopis (Oriental rat flea) (bubonic plague and murine typhus)
- Ctenocephalides felis (cat flea)
- Ctenocephalides canis (cat and dog flea)
- Tunga penetrants (tungiasis)
Anoplurans (sucking lice)
- Pediculus humanus subspp. humanus and capitis (the body louse and head louse, respectively)
- Phthirus pubis (crab louse)
Hemipterans (true bugs)
- Triatominae subfamily (kissing bug) (Chagas disease)
- Cimex lectularis (bed bugs)
Lepidopterans (butterflies and moths)
Dipterans
- Flies
  - Glossina species (tsetse fly) (human African trypanosomiasis)
  - Lutzomyia species (sand fly) (leishmaniasis)
  - Phlebotomus species (sand fly) (leishmaniasis)
  - Simulium species (black fly) (onchocerciasis)
  - Chrysops species (deer fly) (tularemia, anthrax, anaplasmosis, and filiariasis)
  - Dermatobia hominis (human botfly) (myiasis)
  - Cordylobia anthropophaga (tumbu fly) (myiasis)
  - Cochliomyia hominivorax (New World screwworm fly) (myiasis)
  - Chrysomya bezziana (Old World screwworm fly) (myiasis)
- Mosquitoes
  - Anopheles species (malaria)
  - Aedes species (dengue, yellow fever, etc)
  - Culex species
- Midges
  - Culicoides species

Arachnids

Acari (ticks and mites)
- Ticks
- Mites
  - Trombicula (chiggers)
  - Sarcoptes scabei (scabies)
Araneae (spiders)
- Loxosceles species
- Latrodectus species
Scorpiones (scorpions)

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+== Insects ==
-* Fleas
+* Siphonapterans (fleas)
-* Lice
+** ''[[Pulex irritans]]'' (human flea)
-** Body lice
+** ''[[Xenopsylla brasiliensis]]'' (rat flea) ([[bubonic plague]])
-** Head lice
+** ''[[Xenopsylla cheopis]]'' (Oriental rat flea) ([[bubonic plague]] and [[murine typhus]])
-** Pubic lice
+** ''[[Ctenocephalides felis]]'' (cat flea)
-* [[Scabies]]
+** ''[[Ctenocephalides canis]]'' (cat and dog flea)
-* Myiasis
-** ''[[Dermatobia hominis]]'' (human botfly)
+** ''[[Tunga penetrans]]'' (tungiasis)
+* Anoplurans (sucking lice)
-** ''[[Cordylobia anthropophaga]]'' (tumbu fly)
+** [[Pediculus humanus]] subspp. ''humanus'' and ''capitis'' (the body louse and head louse, respectively)
-** ''[[Cochliomyia hominivorax]]'' (New World screwworm fly)
-** ''[[Chrysomya bezziana]]'' (Old World screwworm fly)
+** ''[[Phthirus pubis]]'' (crab louse)
+* Hemipterans (true bugs)
-* Tungiasis
+** [[Triatominae subfamily]] (kissing bug) ([[Chagas disease]])
-** ''[[Tunga penetrans]]''
+** ''[[Cimex lectularis]]'' (bed bugs)
+* Lepidopterans (butterflies and moths)
+* Dipterans
+** Flies
+*** [[Glossina species]] (tsetse fly) ([[human African trypanosomiasis]])
+*** [[Lutzomyia species]] (sand fly) ([[leishmaniasis]])
+*** [[Phlebotomus species]] (sand fly) ([[leishmaniasis]])
+*** [[Simulium species]] (black fly) ([[onchocerciasis]])
+*** [[Chrysops species]] (deer fly) ([[tularemia]], [[anthrax]], [[anaplasmosis]], and [[filiariasis]])
+*** ''[[Dermatobia hominis]]'' (human botfly) ([[myiasis]])
+*** ''[[Cordylobia anthropophaga]]'' (tumbu fly) ([[myiasis]])
+*** ''[[Cochliomyia hominivorax]]'' (New World screwworm fly) ([[myiasis]])
+*** ''[[Chrysomya bezziana]]'' (Old World screwworm fly) ([[myiasis]])
+** Mosquitoes
+*** [[Anopheles species]] ([[malaria]])
+*** [[Aedes species]] ([[dengue]], [[yellow fever]], etc)
+*** [[Culex species]]
+** Midges
+*** [[Culicoides species]]
+== Arachnids ==
+* Acari (ticks and mites)
+** [[Ticks]]
+*** [[Amblyomma species]]
+*** [[Ixodes species]]
+*** [[Boophilus species]]
+** Mites
+*** [[Trombicula]] (chiggers)
+*** ''[[Sarcoptes scabei]]'' (scabies)
+* Araneae (spiders)
+** [[Loxosceles species]]
+** [[Latrodectus species]]
+* Scorpiones (scorpions)
 [[Category:Parasites]]