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Arthropods Flashcards

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A phylum of the animal kingdom composed of organisms having a hard segmented exoskeleton

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Arthropods

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head, thorax, abdomen

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Body

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body cavity

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Hemocele

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Change of shape or structure

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Metamorphosis

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the arthropod is not part of the life cycle

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Mechanical transmission

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the arthropod is an integral part of the organism’s life cycle

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Biological transmission

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bodies are divided into head, thorax, abdomen, 1 pr. antennae, 3 pr. Legs
Flies, mosquitoes, midges, bugs, lice, fleas

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Insecta

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No distinct head, no antennae, fused abdomen and thorax, 4 pr.legs- adult
Spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites

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Arachnida

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Includes crabs, water fleas, crayfish, lobsters, shrimp, barnacles

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Crustacea

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-Phlebotomus ( Phlebotomine), Lutzomyia - Leishmania

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Sandflies

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buffalo gnats - Simulium- (SBB) Onchocerca volvulus

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Blackflies

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Mango flies - Chrysops (DMC)- Loa loa

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Deerflies

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Glossina - African Trypanosomes

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Tsetse flies

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Stomoxys-carry infectious disease

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Stable flies

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Culicoides spp.- Mansonella

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Biting midges

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myiasis-infection with maggots

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Fly larvae

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Aedes – viral, Wuchereria bancrofti; Anopheles - Plasmodium, Brugia malayi, viral; Culex – W. bancrofti, viruses

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Mosquitoes

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true bugs
Bedbugs-no conclusive evidence of disease transmission – Cimex lectularius
symptoms
Triatomid (Triatomine) , reduviid, kissing or conenose bugs – Trypanosoma cruzi

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Hemiptera; class insecta

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fleas

Xenopsylla cheopis- transmit plague and murine typhus; dog and cat fleas/domestic fleas- Dipylidium caninum

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Siphonaptera; class insect

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lice, permanent ectoparasites
Phthirus pubis- crab louse – no known disease transmission
Pediculus humanus- head and body louse
Carries Rickettsia - endemic typhus; trench fever, Louse borne relapsing fever
Symptoms

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Anoplura; class insect

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Hard tick- Dermacentor- Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Tularemia, Q fever
Hard tick- Ixodes ( Black-legged tick, deer tick- old name)- babesiosis (Babesia sp), granulocytic ehrlichiosis (Anaplasma sp) and lyme disease ( Borrelia burgdorferi ) and Powassan virus
Soft Tick- Ornothodoros- tick paralysis
Human Itch Mite- Sarcoptes scabiei -scabies
Chiggers- Trombicula- Chigger, red bug
Follicle mite- Demodex folliculorum -acne

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Class arachnida

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Sarcoptes scabiei

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Itch mite

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Water fleas- first intermediate host- Diphyllobothrium latum
Water fleas – infected agent for Dracunculus medinensis

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Class Crustacea- Order Copepoda

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Crabs, crayfish- 2nd intermediate host, Paragonimus westermani

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Class Crustacea- Order Decapoda

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