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Arthropods - Basic Taxonomy Flashcards

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What are the 4 classes in Phylum Arthropoda?

A
  1. Insecta
  2. Arachnida
  3. Crustacea
  4. Pentastomida
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Phylum Arthropoda
–Class Insecta

What are the 4 orders?

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  1. Diptera
  2. Anoplura
  3. Mallophaga
  4. Siphonaptera
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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Insecta
  • –Order Diptera

What are the 5 types of insects?

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  1. Mosquitoes
  2. Biting Midgets, No-See-Ums, Gnats
  3. Tabanids
  4. House Flies & Face Flies
  5. Bot Flies
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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Insecta
  • –Order Diptera
  • —Bot Flies

What are the 4 organisms?

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  • Cuterebra spp.
  • Hypoderma spp.
  • Gasterophilus spp.
  • Oestrus ovis
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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Insecta
  • –Order Diptera
  • —Bot Flies
  • —-Cuterebra spp.

What is it?

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Wolves or warbles. Rodent Bot Fly.

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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Insecta
  • –Order Diptera
  • —Bot Flies
  • —-Hypoderma spp.

What is it?

A

Ox warbles, cattle grubs, heel flies. Common cattle bot fly.

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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Insecta
  • –Order Diptera
  • —Bot Flies
  • —-Gasterophilus spp.

What is it?

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Stomach bot of horses called horse bot or stomach bot.

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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Insecta
  • –Order Diptera
  • —Bot Flies
  • —-Oestrus ovis

What is it?

A

Nasal bots of sheep. Often called nasal bots.

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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Insecta
  • –Orders Anoplura & Mallophaga

What insect are they?

A

Lice

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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Insecta
  • –Order Anoplura

What are the 5 organisms?

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  • Haematopinus spp.
  • Linognathus spp.
  • Polyplax spp.
  • Pthirus
  • Pediculus spp.
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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Insecta
  • –Order Anoplura
  • —Haematopinus spp.

What is it?

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Sucking louse of horse, swine, cattle.

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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Insecta
  • –Order Anoplura
  • —Linognathus spp.

What is it?

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Sucking louse of cattle, sheep, goats, dogs, foxes.

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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Insecta
  • –Order Anoplura
  • —Polyplax spp.

What is it?

A

Sucking louse of rats, mice.

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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Insecta
  • –Order Anoplura
  • —Pthirus

What is it?

A

Crabs in humans, sometimes infect dogs.

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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Insecta
  • –Order Anoplura
  • —Pediculus spp.

What is it?

A

Human head or body louse, rarely dogs.

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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Insecta
  • –Order Mallophaga

What are the 2 organisms?

A
  • Trichodectes canis

- Felicola subrostratus

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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Insecta
  • –Order Mallophaga
  • —Trichodectes canis

What is it?

A

Chewing louse of dogs.

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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Insecta
  • –Order Mallophaga
  • —Felicola subrostratus

What is it?

A

The only louse found on cats.

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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Insecta
  • –Order Siphonaptera

What insect is in this order?

A

Fleas

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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Insecta
  • –Order Siphonaptera

What are the 5 organisms?

A
  • Ctenocephalides felis
  • Ctenocephalides canis
  • Pulex irritans
  • Xenopsylla cheopis
  • Echidnophaga gallinacea
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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Insecta
  • –Order Siphonaptera
  • —Ctenocephalides felis

What is it?

A

Most common flea of dogs and cats.

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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Insecta
  • –Order Siphonaptera
  • —Ctenocephalides canis

What is it?

A

Much more rare than C. felis, mostly infects dogs.

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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Insecta
  • –Order Siphonaptera
  • —Pulex irritans

What is it?

A

Human flea. Attacks a wide range of animals.

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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Insecta
  • –Order Siphonaptera
  • —Xenopsylla cheopis

What is it?

A

Rat Flea (main carrier of bubonic plague).

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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Insecta
  • –Order Siphonaptera
  • —Echidnophaga gallinacea

What is it?

A

Sticktight flea (hunchbacked appearance, attaches firmly to host).

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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Insecta
  • –Order Diptera
  • —Family Culicidae
  • —-Mosquitoes

What are the 5 organisms?

A
  • Culex pipiens
  • Aedes spp.
  • Anopheles spp.
  • Culiseta spp.
  • Psorophora spp.
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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Insecta
  • –Order Diptera
  • —Family Culicidae
  • —-Mosquitoes
  • —–Culex pipiens

What is it?

A

Mosquito of primary importance to humans.

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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Insecta
  • –Order Diptera
  • —Family Culicidae
  • —-Mosquitoes
  • —–Aedes spp.

What is it?

A

Tiger mosquitoes.

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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Arachnida
  • –Order Acarina

What is in this order?

A
  • Soft Ticks
  • Hard Ticks
  • Mites
30
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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Arachnida
  • –Order Acarina
  • —Family Argasidae

What is it?

A

Soft Ticks

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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Arachnida
  • –Order Acarina
  • —Family Argasidae

What are the 2 organisms?

A
  • Argas spp.

- Otobius megnini

32
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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Arachnida
  • –Order Acarina
  • —Family Argasidae
  • —-Argas spp.

What is it?

A

The fowl tick.

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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Arachnida
  • –Order Acarina
  • —Family Argasidae
  • —-Otobius megnini

What is it?

34
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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Arachnida
  • –Order Acarina
  • —Family Ixodidae

What is it?

A

Hard Ticks

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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Arachnida
  • –Order Acarina
  • —Family Ixodidae

What are the 4 organisms?

A
  • Rhipicephalus sanguineus
  • Dermacentor variabilis
  • Ixodes scapularis
  • Amblyomma americanum
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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Arachnida
  • –Order Acarina
  • —Family Ixodidae
  • —-Rhipicephalus sanguineus

What is it?

A

Brown dog tick.

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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Arachnida
  • –Order Acarina
  • —Family Ixodidae
  • —-Dermacentor variabilis

What is it?

A

American dog tick, or wood tick.

38
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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Arachnida
  • –Order Acarina
  • —Family Ixodidae
  • —-Ixodes scapularis

What is it?

A

Deer tick, black legged tick.

39
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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Arachnida
  • –Order Acarina
  • —Family Ixodidae
  • —-Amblyomma americanum

What is it?

A

Lone Star Tick

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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Arachnida
  • –Order Acarina
  • —Mites

What are the 5 Families?

A
  • Sarcoptidae
  • Psoroptidae
  • Demodicidae
  • Cheyletidae
  • Dermanyssidae
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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Arachnida
  • –Order Acarina
  • —Family Sarcoptidae

What are the 2 organisms?

A
  • Sarcoptes scabiei

- Notoedres cati

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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Arachnida
  • –Order Acarina
  • —Family Sarcoptidae
  • —-Sarcoptes scabiei

What is it?

A

Scabies mite, sarcoptic mange, sarcoptic ascariasis.

43
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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Arachnida
  • –Order Acarina
  • —Family Sarcoptidae
  • —-Notoedres cati

What is it?

A

Feline scabies mite.

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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Arachnida
  • –Order Acarina
  • —Family Psoroptidae

What are the 3 organisms?

A
  • Psoroptes spp.
  • Otodectes cynotis
  • Chorioptes spp.
45
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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Arachnida
  • –Order Acarina
  • —Family Psoroptidae
  • —-Psoroptes spp.

What is it?

A

Ear canker mite of rabbits, & scab mite of lg animals.

46
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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Arachnida
  • –Order Acarina
  • —Family Psoroptidae
  • —-Otodectes cynotis

What is it?

A

Common ear mite.

47
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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Arachnida
  • –Order Acarina
  • —Family Psoroptidae
  • —-Chorioptes spp.

What is it?

A

Foot and tail mites of lg animals.

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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Arachnida
  • –Order Acarina
  • —Family Demodicidae

What is the organism?

A

-Demodex canis

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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Arachnida
  • –Order Acarina
  • —Family Demodicidae
  • —-Demodex canis

What is it?

A

Follicular / red mange. Reside in hair follicles & sebaceous glands.

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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Arachnida
  • –Order Acarina
  • —Family Cheyletidae

What is the organism?

A

-Cheyletiella spp.

51
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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Arachnida
  • –Order Acarina
  • —Family Cheyletidae
  • —-Cheyletiella spp.

What is it?

A

Fur mites, or walking dandruff.

52
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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Arachnida
  • –Order Acarina
  • —Family Dermanyssidae

What is the organism?

A

-Dermanyssus gallinae

53
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Phylum Arthropoda

  • -Class Arachnida
  • –Order Acarina
  • —Family Cheyletidae
  • —-Dermanyssus gallinae

What is it?

A

Feather mites of poultry.

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