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Ectoparasites are arthropods that cause infestations
Divided broadly into insects (6-legged, with body separated into sections of head, thorax, and abdomen) and arachnids (usually 8-legged)

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 (tsetse fly) (human African trypanosomiasis)
  - Lutzomyia (sand fly) (leishmaniasis)
  - Phlebotomus (sand fly) (leishmaniasis)
  - Simulium (black fly) (onchocerciasis)
  - Chrysops (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 (malaria)
  - Aedes (dengue, yellow fever, etc)
  - Culex
- Midges
  - Culicoides

Arachnids

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

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+* Ectoparasites are arthropods that cause infestations
-* Fleas
+* Divided broadly into insects (6-legged, with body separated into sections of head, thorax, and abdomen) and arachnids (usually 8-legged)
-* Lice
-** Body lice
+==Insects==
-** Head lice
-** Pubic lice
+*Siphonapterans (fleas)
-* [[Scabies]]
+**''[[Pulex irritans]]'' (human flea)
-* Myiasis
-** ''[[Dermatobia hominis]]'' (human botfly)
+**''[[Xenopsylla brasiliensis]]'' (rat flea) ([[bubonic plague]])
+**''[[Xenopsylla cheopis]]'' (Oriental rat flea) ([[bubonic plague]] and [[murine typhus]])
-** ''[[Cordylobia anthropophaga]]'' (tumbu fly)
-** ''[[Cochliomyia hominivorax]]'' (New World screwworm fly)
+**''[[Ctenocephalides felis]]'' (cat flea)
-** ''[[Chrysomya bezziana]]'' (Old World screwworm fly)
+**''[[Ctenocephalides canis]]'' (cat and dog flea)
+**''[[Tunga penetrans]]'' (tungiasis)
-* Tungiasis
+*Anoplurans (sucking lice)
-** ''[[Tunga penetrans]]''
+**[[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]] (tsetse fly) ([[human African trypanosomiasis]])
+***[[Lutzomyia]] (sand fly) ([[leishmaniasis]])
+***[[Phlebotomus]] (sand fly) ([[leishmaniasis]])
+***[[Simulium]] (black fly) ([[onchocerciasis]])
+***[[Chrysops]] (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]] ([[malaria]])
+***[[Aedes]] ([[dengue]], [[yellow fever]], etc)
+***[[Culex]]
+**Midges
+***[[Culicoides]]
+==Arachnids==
+*Acari (ticks and mites)
+**[[Ticks]]
+***[[Amblyomma]]
+***[[Ixodes]]
+***[[Boophilus]]
+**Mites
+***[[Trombicula]] (chiggers)
+***''[[Sarcoptes scabei]]'' (scabies)
+*Araneae (spiders)
+**[[Loxosceles]]
+**[[Latrodectus]]
+*Scorpiones (scorpions)
 [[Category:Parasites]]