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Entomology Flashcards

1
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 Metamorphosis

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Series of changes which an insect passes in its growth from egg to adult

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2
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Insect head

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Antennae and eyes, ocelli and three pairs of jaws (mandible, maxillae, labium)

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Insect thorax

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3 segments each bearing a pair of legs, the second and third may also bear a pair of wings

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4
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Insect abdomen

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Usually has 11 segments

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5
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Arachnid cephalothorax

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No antennae, chelicerae and mouth parts do not have jaw, four pairs of legs

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6
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Vector borne protozoa

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Malaria, leishmania, trypanosomiasis

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7
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Vector borne viruses

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YF, Dengue

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8
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Vevtor borne bacteria

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Plague, typhus, relapsing fever

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9
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Mechanical transmission

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Trachoma on Musca sorbens, Shigella

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10
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Malaria

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Bite of Anopheles

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Lymphatic filariasis

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Bite of Culex, Anopheles, Aedes and Mansonia

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12
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Diarrhoea disease

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Faeces of houseflies’

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13
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Trachoma

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Musca sorbens - contact with eye secretions

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14
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Dengue

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Bite of Aedes

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15
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Leishmania

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Bite of Phlebotamine sandfly

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16
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Onchocerciasis

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Bite of Simulium black fly

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17
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T brucei

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Bite of Glossina tsetse fly

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T cruzi

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Bite of Triatoma, Rhodnius, triatomine bug

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19
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Rickettsia prowazeki

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Bite of Pediculus humanus

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20
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Plague

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Bite of Xenopsylla rat flea

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21
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Japanese encephalitis virus

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Bite of Culex, Anopheles, Aedes and Mansonia

22
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Yellow fever

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Bite of Aedes and Haemagogus

23
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Relapsing fever (Borrelia duttoni & recurrentis

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Transovarial or bite of Ornthodoros and P humanus

24
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Loa loa

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Bite Chrysops deer fly

25
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Scrub typhus O tsutsugamushi

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Transovarial or bite of Leptotrombidium chigger mite

26
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Lyme Borrelia burgdorferi

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Bite of Ixodes

27
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Tick borne encephalitis

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Bite of Ixodes

28
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West Nile virus

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Bite of Culex

29
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Zika virus

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Bite of Aedes

30
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Anopheles Time of biting

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Night, inside houses

31
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Aedes Time of biting

32
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Tsetse and flies Control

33
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Mosquito larvae Control

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Larval source management (LSM) - intermittent irrigation/flushing, chemical larvicides (Abate), treat with predatory copepods, reduce water (ie tyres and garbage, bacterial toxins (Bacillus), fish to eat larvae

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Culex larvae Control

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Moving water, floating polystyrene beads in latrines

35
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Aedes Control

36
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Anopheles Control

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IRS indoor residual spray, LLIN long-lasting insecticidal nets

37
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Simulium Control

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Aerial spraying of fast flowing water

38
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Mosquito Subfamily: Anophelinae

39
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Mosquito Subfamily: Culicinae

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Aedes, Culex, Mansonia, Haemagoggus (+Toxorhynchites)

40
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Anopheles Eggs

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Cigar shaped, air-filled lateral floats

41
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Anopheles Larva

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Lays parallel to water, no siphon creates feeding current with mouthbrushes

42
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Mosquito Life cycle

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Egg -> larva -> purpae -> adult

43
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Culicine Eggs

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Lack float

44
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Aedes Eggs

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Black, laid singly on moist surface, can withstand dessication for months

45
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Culex Eggs

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Brown, thin rafts

46
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Mansonia Eggs

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Stick to underside of aquatic vegetation

47
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Culicine Larvae

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Siphon, hang at angle to surface

48
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Mosquito Blood meal

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Only the female takes a blood meal - protein for egg development

49
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Mosquito Pupae

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Comma shaped, active, non-feeding - cannot distinguish anopheline from culicinae

50
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Mosquito Proboscis

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Sheath that surroundes mouthpart stylets - pair of maxillae, mandibles, one hypopharyx and the labrum (food canal)

51
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Anopheles Travel distance

52
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Anopheles Monitoring population

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Ladle for larvae/pupae, human landing catches (unethical), light traps then blood meal identification with anti-human Ab, dissection and age-grading by ovaries

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