ATHROPODS Flashcards
what is the order diptera
flies
what is hydrotaea irritans and what are its key characteristics
muscidae orange wing base, green abdo 5mm nuisance, secretion feeder dz = august bag and broken head appears in august, lives on pasture breeds in soil
what is the proper name for the face fly, what does it look like and what does it do
musca autumnalis
grey-stripey
spreads infectious bovine kerato-conjuctivitsi
what is characteristic of the muscidae family
4th wing vein ‘tick’
name 7 blood-sucking flies
- stomoxys calcitrans
- lyperosa irritans
- culicoides spp
- simulium spp
- haematopota
- tabanids
- tsetse
what does stomoxys calcitrans (stable fly) spread
EIA
habronema
anthrax
what is significant about stomoxys calcitrans breeding cf other muscidae flies
breeds indoor on poo - so clean up. it also likes sunny walls so spray it with SP
what fly causes sweet itch and why and where
culicoides imicola
withers, tail, mane
digs with its proboscis to make a poor, allergic reaction to the saliva
what is the proper name for the ‘horn fly’ and where does it breed
lyperosa iritans. outside
which fly has irridescent eyes, loves to breed in wet areas, can both surface and blood feed and can transmit borrelia and trypanasomes
haematopota
desc all relevant features about the tsetse fly
- both M/F blood feed
- viviparous to 1 x larvae (30d to mature)
- dz = trypanasomiasis (african sleeping sickness)
- has scissor wings
which fly is responsible for transmitting onchocercia and leucocytozoon
simulium - black flies. clear wings and love flowing water - so makes sense that it spread river blindness..
name 2 primary myiasis flies and one 2ry
1ry = hypoderma, lucilia sericata 2ry = calliphora spp (bluebottles)
desc warble (hypderma) flies - host, lifecycle and dz caused
‘bumble-bee-like’
cattle
h. bovis lay 1 x egg on upper legs which burrow to epidural fat
h. lieatum lay a line on the lower leg and that burrows to the oesophogeal mucosa
what stage hyperderma larvae forms the warble and what is gadding
L3
gadding - reaction of animal when L3 emerging
what animal does lucilia sericata effect? desc the lifecycle
sheep
eggs laid on animal that is ill/scouring…
wi 8-12hrs eggs hatch and larvae start to feed
when 1cm + they pupate on ground/overwinter
as a rule how do you treat fly issues
pour on SP to protect
IVM or MOX for any which anything inside them
name the 2 main bot flies
oestrous ovis - sheep nasal bot
gastrophilus - horse bot x 3 spp
where does g. intestinalis, nasalis and haemorrhoidaelis like to burrow into
intes - tongue
nasal - mandible
haemorrh - lips
where is the margo plicatus and what like it
area inbw glandular and non-glan mucosa of stomach in H
g. intestinalis L3 love it
