Arthropod 3

Question 1

What is Stomocys calcitrans?

Answer 1

The stable fly

Question 2

Which sex feeds on blood for Stomoxys calcitrans?

Answer 2

Both

Question 3

True or False:

Stomoxys calcitrans requires manure.

Answer 3

FALSE

Question 4

Stomoxys calcitrans is a mechanical vector for what?

Answer 4

Trypanosomes (T. vivax and T. evansi)

Question 5

Stomoxys calcitrans is a biological vector for what?

Answer 5

Habronema microstoma

Question 6

What is Haematobia irritans?

Answer 6

The horn fly

Question 7

Weak or strong fliers:

1. Haematobia irritans?
2. Stomoxys calcitrans?

Answer 7

1. Weak
2. Strong

Question 8

Which 2 life cycles are dependent on fresh cow manure?

Answer 8

Haematobia irritans (the horn fly)

&

The face fly

Question 9

Haematobia irritans is a biological vector for what?

Answer 9

Stephenofilaria

Question 10

True or False:

The Tse-Tse Fly is present in the U.S.

Answer 10

FALSE

Limited to Africa

Question 11

Tse-Tse Flies are the biological vectors of what?

Answer 11

Trypanosoma species (African trypanosomes)

Question 12

What are Tse-Tse flies?

Answer 12

Glossina species

Question 13

What is Melophagus ovinus?

Answer 13

The sheep ked

Question 14

Answer 14

Melophagus ovinus

“The sheep ked”

Question 15

Melophagus ovinus is the vector for what?

Answer 15

Trypanosoma malophagium

(non-pathogenic)

Question 16

The invasion of tissue or organs of host animals by larval flies usually known as maggots or grubs.

Answer 16

Myiasis

Question 17

Most flies involved in myiasis are species that are _____ _____.

Answer 17

Facultative parasites