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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
-== Insects ==
+* Divided broadly into insects (6-legged, with body separated into sections of head, thorax, and abdomen) and arachnids (usually 8-legged)
-* 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 penetrans]]'' (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 ==
+==Insects==
-* Acari (ticks and mites)
+*Siphonapterans (fleas)
-** [[Ticks]]
+**''[[Pulex irritans]]'' (human flea)
-*** [[Amblyomma species]]
+**''[[Xenopsylla brasiliensis]]'' (rat flea) ([[bubonic plague]])
-*** [[Ixodes species]]
+**''[[Xenopsylla cheopis]]'' (Oriental rat flea) ([[bubonic plague]] and [[murine typhus]])
-*** [[Boophilus species]]
+**''[[Ctenocephalides felis]]'' (cat flea)
-** Mites
+**''[[Ctenocephalides canis]]'' (cat and dog flea)
-*** [[Trombicula]] (chiggers)
-*** ''[[Sarcoptes scabei]]'' (scabies)
+**''[[Tunga penetrans]]'' (tungiasis)
+*Anoplurans (sucking lice)
-* Araneae (spiders)
+**[[Pediculus humanus]] subspp. ''humanus'' and ''capitis'' (the body louse and head louse, respectively)
-** [[Loxosceles species]]
+**''[[Phthirus pubis]]'' (crab louse)
-** [[Latrodectus species]]
+*Hemipterans (true bugs)
-* Scorpiones (scorpions)
+**[[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]]