ecdysozoans; arthropods Flashcards

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major roles of arthropods

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  • food chains; predation, prey, parasites, symbionts
  • pollinators
  • decomposers, scavengers
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major factors in the success of arthropods

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  • diverse
  • adaptable body plan
  • ability to thrive in range of environments
  • body segmented; linear blocks allowing greater control of body regions and specialization of regions
  • segments fused allowing even greater control of body regions and specialization (head, thorax, abdomen)
  • exoskeleton w jointed appendages
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tagmatization/ tagmosis

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  • fusion of segments to produce super-segments; tagmata

allowed specialization of body from and function and specialization of appendages; allowed evolution from worm-like organisms

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arthropod features

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  • exoskeleton
  • segmentation
  • tagmata
  • appendages
  • respiratory structures
  • circulatory system
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types of tagmata combinations

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  • head, thorax, abdomen
  • head, trunk
  • cephalothorax, absomen
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appendages

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  • tool for every purpose (mobility, sensing, feeding, reproduction)
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respiratory structures

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gills, spiracles tracheae, book lungs

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circulatory system

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  • open (haemocoel)
  • ventral nervous system
  • complex excretory system
  • sexual reproduction
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ecdysis

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shedding exoskeleton

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exoskeleton made of

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protein and chitin

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exoskeleton function

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  • physical, physiological protection, muscle attachment, supports body
  • but must moult to grow
  • temporary vulnerability and energetically expensive
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2 living groups of arthropods based on mouthpart organization

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  • chelicerates: chelicerae for grasping, often fang-like or pincers
  • mandibulates; mandibles; for chewing
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chelicerates body

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  • simple body; cephalothorax and abdomen
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chelicerates mouthparts

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  • chelicerae; paired feeding appendages modified into fangs (spiders) or pincers
  • pedipalps; aka palps, feeding or sensory
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do chelicerates have antennae

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no true antennae

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chelicerates eyes

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up to 8 single lens eyes

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how many legs do chelicerates have

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8 legs (4 pairs)

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what are 4 examples of arachnids (chelicerates)

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spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites

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mouthparts of a tick (arachnid, chelicerae)

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  • Developed secondary structure the hypostome (looks like xmas tree in middle of chelicerae) locks in place and is like a sucking straw
  • Spikes on chelicerae are pedipalps (aka palps)
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mouth parts of a spider
(arachnid, chelicerae)

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  • Chelicerae bear fangs and teeth; teeth along inner margin
  • Saliva has venom and digestive enzymes
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ticks (acarines)

arachnids, chelicerae, arthropods, ecysozoans

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  • external parasites of mammals, birds and reptiles
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how many hosts do ticks have

arachnids, chelicerae, arthropods, ecysozoans

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1, 2 or 3

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what do ticks eat and how big can they get

arachnids, chelicerae, arthropods, ecysozoans

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  • heavy blood feeders; female ticks engorge; body size increases up to 100x
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what assists in tick feeding

arachnids, chelicerae, arthropods, ecysozoans

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  • saliva
  • secrete neurotoxins
  • therefore ticks can act as vectors of disease causing microorganisms
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effects of ticks

arachnids, chelicerae, arthropods, ecysozoans

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  • spread disease causing micro-organisms as vectors
  • blood loss
  • skin damage
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cattle tick lifecycle

arachnids, chelicerae, arthropods, ecysozoans

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  • rhipicephalus (boophilus australis)
  • Engorged female drops of host and lays around 300 eggs into environment and dies
  • Eggs develop; up to 2 months in summers, up to 7 months in winter
  • Larva quest; climb up grass, front legs up waiting for bovine to walk past, wave legs to try and catch on hair
  • Sit around shoulder/ neck region
  • Will molt on host → nymph, molt again → adult
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why is it so hard to remove a feeding tick

arachnids, chelicerae, arthropods, ecysozoans

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  • slicing chelicerae
  • denticulate toothed hypostome and also adhesive cement in some species
  • backwards facing spikes
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mites

arachnids, chelicerae, arthropods, ecysozoans

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  • like tiny ticks
  • most free living
  • ectoparasitic species
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are most mites parasitic

arachnids, chelicerae, arthropods, ecysozoans

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no, most free living

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major example of mites

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  • the scabies mite
  • live and burrows on skin
  • egg to adult on one host and transmission predominantly by contact
  • cause mange; condition associated w severe dermatitis
  • mange characterized by hair loss, scabs, keratinized skin w mites found in skin scraping
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what do the mandibulates include

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insecta (hexapoda)

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mandibulates

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  • vast majority of species
  • all environments
  • many forms
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mandibulates, insecta (hexapoda) what kind is the most abundant

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beetles

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insecta/ hexapoda (mandibulates) bodies

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3 tagmata; head thorax and abdomen

35
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mandibulates insecta (hexapoda)

thorax has how many pairs of legs

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3 pairs of legs, sometimes 2 pairs of wings

36
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why are insecta (hexapods) champions of terresterial environment

mandibulates

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  • size
  • exoskeleton
  • excretory system
  • advanced respiratory system
  • advanced sensory system
  • internal fertilization
    -resistant eggs
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insecta (hexapods) exoskeleton

mandibulates

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provides protection against environment
- jointed, hardened locomotory appendages; legs and wings hence greater dispersion

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insecta (hexapods) excretory system

mandibulates

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composed of tubules that pass through body, extract water from wastes, nitrogen waste excreted as uric acid

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insecta (hexapods) advanced respiratory system

mandibulates

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  • spiracles open to outside
  • tracheae (tubules) ramify through body
  • direct oxygen supply to tissues
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insecta (hexapods) advanced sensory system

mandibulates

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  • antennae compound eyes
  • also cerci of cockroaches
41
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insect evolution is associated with

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plant evolution

42
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hexapods arrived not long after

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plants colonized terrestrial environment

43
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looking at evolution of insects; first type we look at that are primitively wingless with mostly simple mouths are called:

insecta (hexapods) mandibulates

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apterygotes

44
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what is a modern day apterygote

insecta (hexapods) mandibulates

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collembola- springtails
thysanura- silverfish

45
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what group in the evolution of insects did we see the evolution of wings

insecta (hexapods) mandibulates

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palaeoptera

  • 350 MYA
  • simple insects w simple development
  • wings of these insects did not fold over abdomen
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in the group palaeoptera the wings did not

insecta (hexapods) mandibulates

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fold over abdomen

47
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modern day example of palaeoptera

insecta (hexapods) mandibulates

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dragon flies and may flies

48
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after palaoptera, we saw orthopteroida, what was developed in this group

insecta (hexapods) mandibulates

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development of wings that fold over abdomen

49
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some examples of orthopteroida; insects w wings that fold over abdomen

insecta (hexapods) mandibulates

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  • grasshoppers
  • praying mantis
  • stick insects
  • cockroaches
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after the orthopteroida we saw evolution of two lineages

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1) those that maintain simple development (hemimetabolous)
2) those with complete metamorphosis (holometabolous)

51
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hemimetabolous imeans what and includes what group in evolution

insecta (hexapods) mandibulates

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those that maintain simple development

  • hemipteroida
52
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hemimetabolous life cycle consists of

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  • egg
  • juvenile form (nymph) that look like adults but lack wings and not sexually mature
  • juveniles moult to grow
  • adults, often have wings but not always, sexual maturity
53
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nymph

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juvenile form that look like adults but lack wings and not sexually mature (hemimetabolous)

54
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examples of hemiptera

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  • lice, bugs, aphids, bed bugs, kissing bugs
  • mostly plant feeders but some parasitic
55
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important disease caused by parasitic hemipteroida

insecta (hexapods) mandibulates

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  • chagas disease transmitted by kissing bug and assassin bug caused by a trypanosome (flagellate)
56
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what 3 groups have true metamorphosis (holometabolous development)

insecta (hexapods) mandibulates

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  • neuropteroida
  • hymenopteroida
  • panorpoida

(don’t worry about the differences between the groups)

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holometabolous development

insecta (hexapods) mandibulates

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  • Larva v different from adult form
  • Larva specializes in feeding, growing and developing
  • Larva molts to grow, when fully developed it ceases feeding and then pupates
  • Pupa is a transitional phase; internally larva develops to sexual adult
  • Adult specializes in reproduction, dispersion, egg laying, can be feeding or non feeding
  • Classic ex is butterfly: larva is caterpillar, pupa is cocoon, adult is butterfly
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advantages of true metamorphosis (holometabolous)

insecta (hexapods) mandibulates

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  • Major advantage; allows partitioning of life cycle
  • Allows adults to occupy a completely different habitat from larvae
  • Enables larvae and adults to exploit different food resources
  • Metamorphosis allows insects to escape from temporary habitats ex if larva lives in pond but then bond dries up it will still survive (before conditions become unfavorable for survival)
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3 main groups of insects of veterinary significance

insects, hexapods, mandibulates

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lice, fleas, flies

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lice

insects, hexapods, mandibulates

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  • permanent ectoparasites
  • small, wingless dorso-ventrally flattened body
  • hooked tarsi (terminal segments of legs) grip hair
  • host specific; different species on every species of domestic animal and humans and most birds and mammals
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two main types of lice

insects, hexapods, mandibulates

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  • chewing lice (mallophaga) mammals, birds, feed on skin
  • sucking lice (anoplura) mammals only, feed on blood
62
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how do lice cause harm to house
M= mallophaga= chewing lice
A= anoplura= sucking lice

insects, hexapods, mandibulates

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  • irritation, skin damage (M and A)
  • anaemia from blood loss (A and M)
  • vectors of disease organisms (A)
  • intermediate hosts of parasites; tapeworms (M)
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lice life cycle

insects, hexapods, mandibulates

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  • Egg laid of feather of hair, glued to shaft
  • Hatch to be 1st nymph → molt to second nymph and again to 3rd nymph
  • Then molt to adult male or female
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sheep body louse

insects, hexapods, mandibulates

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feeds on skin, wool, but causes intense irritation

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hematopinus

insects, hexapods, mandibulates

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blood sucking louse of pigs and ruminants

66
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head/body louse pediculus humanus P. capitis

insects, hexapods, mandibulates

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two species of human lice
vectors of typhus

67
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phthirus pubic

insects, hexapods, mandibulates

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pubic louse (crabs)
sexual transmission

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fleas

insects, hexapods, mandibulates

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  • non permanent extoparasites; small laterally compressed adults
  • muscular hing legs
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fleas hosts

insects, hexapods, mandibulates

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birds and mammals

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flea feeding

insects, hexapods, mandibulates

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blood feeder; have sucking mouthparts adapted to piercing skin and feeding on blood

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flea eggs

insects, hexapods, mandibulates

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laid on host or in nest of host (including kennels, blankets, cracks in floor, couches)

72
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fleas larva

insects, hexapods, mandibulates

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  • detritus feeder, not on hosts,
  • chewing mouthing parts
  • in cats and dog flea larva feed on adult flea feces, gain essential nutrition form flood in feces
73
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flea larva vs adult mouthparts

insects, hexapods, mandibulates

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  • larva; chewing mouthparts
  • adult; sucking mouthparts
74
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how do fleas cause harm to host

insects, hexapods, mandibulates

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  • direct harm; flea bite allergy (hypersensitivity), blood loss, especially anaemia in kittens, pups and aged animals
  • vector; bacteria (plague, cat scratch disease; bartonella), virus (myxomatosis)
  • intermediate host; fleas host to “cucumber” tapeworm of dogs and cats (dipylidium caninum)
75
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life cycle of cat flea; ctenocephalides felis

insects, hexapods, mandibulates

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  • holometabolous: complete metamorphosis; larva then pupa then adult
  • Adult; lays eggs on host
  • Off host; Eggs nutritive source, derived from parents during egg formation
  • Hatch to larvae, in bedding, carpets, soils, nests, feed on detritus feces of adults
  • Pupa; lives off energy is stored when it was larva
  • Then adult flea back on host
76
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flies and mosquitoes

insects, hexapods, mandibulates

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  • important insects in relation to animal and human disease
77
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types of adult flies

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  • filth flies; house and blow flies
  • blood sucking adults; blood loss (stable flies, horse flight) and vectors of disease (mosquitos, tsetse fly)
78
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diseases associated mosquitos and tsetse fly

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  • tsetse fly; trypanosomiasis
  • mosquitos; malaria and heart worm
79
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larval stages of flies

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  • decomposition of bodies; blow fly, flesh fly maggots
  • strike flies; myiasis, where maggots grow on living tissue of animals; strike flies
  • bot flies; maggots grow in internal organs
80
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crustaceans
mandibulates

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  • dominant aquatic arthropods
  • some moist terrestrial (isopods)
  • extensively specialized appendages
  • many small crustaceans important in plankton?
81
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plankton

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passive drifters, weak swimmers, most small, include larval forms of larger crustaceans, NB aquatic food chains

82
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copepods

crustacean, mandibulates

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  • important group of crustaceans
  • important food source in aquatic systems
  • some copepods are predatory
  • mesocyclops has been used to control dengue mosquito
  • can be parasitic on fish
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what tagmata do crustaceans typically have

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cephalothorax and abdomen