Arthropods: Difference between revisions

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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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 *Dipterans
 **Flies
-***[[Glossina species]] (tsetse fly) ([[human African trypanosomiasis]])
+***[[Glossina]] (tsetse fly) ([[human African trypanosomiasis]])
-***[[Lutzomyia species]] (sand fly) ([[leishmaniasis]])
+***[[Lutzomyia]] (sand fly) ([[leishmaniasis]])
-***[[Phlebotomus species]] (sand fly) ([[leishmaniasis]])
+***[[Phlebotomus]] (sand fly) ([[leishmaniasis]])
-***[[Simulium species]] (black fly) ([[onchocerciasis]])
+***[[Simulium]] (black fly) ([[onchocerciasis]])
-***[[Chrysops species]] (deer fly) ([[tularemia]], [[anthrax]], [[anaplasmosis]], and [[filiariasis]])
+***[[Chrysops]] (deer fly) ([[tularemia]], [[anthrax]], [[anaplasmosis]], and [[filiariasis]])
 ***''[[Dermatobia hominis]]'' (human botfly) ([[myiasis]])
 ***''[[Cordylobia anthropophaga]]'' (tumbu fly) ([[myiasis]])
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 ***''[[Chrysomya bezziana]]'' (Old World screwworm fly) ([[myiasis]])
 **Mosquitoes
-***[[Anopheles species]] ([[malaria]])
+***[[Anopheles]] ([[malaria]])
-***[[Aedes species]] ([[dengue]], [[yellow fever]], etc)
+***[[Aedes]] ([[dengue]], [[yellow fever]], etc)
-***[[Culex species]]
+***[[Culex]]
 **Midges
-***[[Culicoides species]]
+***[[Culicoides]]
 ==Arachnids==
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 *Acari (ticks and mites)
 **[[Ticks]]
-***[[Amblyomma species]]
+***[[Amblyomma]]
-***[[Ixodes species]]
+***[[Ixodes]]
-***[[Boophilus species]]
+***[[Boophilus]]
 **Mites
 ***[[Trombicula]] (chiggers)
 ***''[[Sarcoptes scabei]]'' (scabies)
 *Araneae (spiders)
-**[[Loxosceles species]]
+**[[Loxosceles]]
-**[[Latrodectus species]]
+**[[Latrodectus]]
 *Scorpiones (scorpions)