Entomology Flashcards
Metamorphosis
Series of changes which an insect passes in its growth from egg to adult
Insect head
Antennae and eyes, ocelli and three pairs of jaws (mandible, maxillae, labium)
Insect thorax
3 segments each bearing a pair of legs, the second and third may also bear a pair of wings
Insect abdomen
Usually has 11 segments
Arachnid cephalothorax
No antennae, chelicerae and mouth parts do not have jaw, four pairs of legs
Vector borne protozoa
Malaria, leishmania, trypanosomiasis
Vector borne viruses
YF, Dengue
Vevtor borne bacteria
Plague, typhus, relapsing fever
Mechanical transmission
Trachoma on Musca sorbens, Shigella
Malaria
Bite of Anopheles
Lymphatic filariasis
Bite of Culex, Anopheles, Aedes and Mansonia
Diarrhoea disease
Faeces of houseflies’
Trachoma
Musca sorbens - contact with eye secretions
Dengue
Bite of Aedes
Leishmania
Bite of Phlebotamine sandfly
Onchocerciasis
Bite of Simulium black fly
T brucei
Bite of Glossina tsetse fly
T cruzi
Bite of Triatoma, Rhodnius, triatomine bug
Rickettsia prowazeki
Bite of Pediculus humanus
Plague
Bite of Xenopsylla rat flea