Exam 1: Ticks and Mites

Question 1

mite mouth parts are

Answer 1

anterior

Question 2

do mites have a scutum

Answer 2

no

Question 3

do mites have basis capitulum

Answer 3

no

Question 4

hard tick mouth parts

Answer 4

anterior

Question 5

do hard ticks have a scutum

Answer 5

yes (on back)

Question 6

do hard ticks have a basis capitulum

Answer 6

yes

Question 7

soft tick mouth parts

Answer 7

ventral

Question 8

do soft ticks have a scutum

Answer 8

no

Question 9

soft ticks have _____ capitulum

Answer 9

ventral basis capitulum

Question 10

body of a mite and a tick is comprised of two parts including

Answer 10

gnathosoma (mouthparts) and idiosoma (rest of the body that legs are attached)

Question 11

mites and ticks possess ___ pairs of walking legs as larvae

Answer 11

3 pairs

Question 12

mites and ticks have ____ pairs of walking legs as nymphs and adults

Answer 12

4 pairs

Question 13

ticks have a ___ hyposthome

Answer 13

toothed

Question 14

mites haave a ____ hyposthome when present

Answer 14

not toothed

Question 15

metastigmata

Answer 15

stigmata located ventrally behind fourth leg coxa (ticks)

Question 16

prostigmata

Answer 16

stigmata at anterior margin of the idiosoma

Question 17

mesostigmata

Answer 17

stigmata located dorso-laterally to the 3rd or 4th pairs of legs

Question 18

oribatida

Answer 18

stigmata hidden ventro-laterally near the base of the second and third pairs of legs

Question 19

astigmata

Answer 19

have no stigmata

Question 20

what are the three types of ticks

Answer 20

hard ticks (ixodidae)
soft ticks (argasidae)
nuttalliellidae

Question 21

both hard ans soft ticks have a _____ life cycle

Answer 21

hemimetabolous

Question 22

describe hard tick feeding

Answer 22

create a feeding lesion and suck host blood from a pool of blood
secretion of tick cement that securely anchors tick onto host
long term feeders

Question 23

soft ticks are ___ feeders

Answer 23

short term feeders

Question 24

ornithodoros moubata

Answer 24

do not take a blood meal and remain in eggshells and molt into first instar nymphs which will leave the eggshell to seek the blood meal

Question 25

adults otobious megnini

Answer 25

do not feed on blood and are freeliving in environment

Question 26

immature otobious megnini

Answer 26

long-term feeding on host blood

Question 27

O. megnini infests the ____

Answer 27

ear canal

Question 28

soft ticks egg layingsoft ticks coxal organs ____

Answer 28

in small batches

Question 29

soft tick nymphal stages

Answer 29

4-5

Question 30

soft ticks host

Answer 30

multi-host, usually about 6

Question 31

are soft ticks nidicolous or non-nidicolous

Answer 31

nidicolous

Question 32

hard ticks egg laying

Answer 32

in one large batch

Question 33

hard ticks coxal glands ____

Answer 33

absent

Question 34

hard ticks nmphal stage

Answer 34

1

Question 35

hard ticks host

Answer 35

1, 2, or 3

Question 36

hard ticks are nidicolous, or non-nidicolous

Answer 36

non-nidicolous

Question 37

hard ticks metastriata

Answer 37

anal groove posterior to anal opening

Question 38

metastriata mate where

Answer 38

on the host

Question 39

prostriata

Answer 39

anal groove is anterior to anal opening, all spp belong to the single ixodes genus;

Question 40

prostriata mate where

Answer 40

on or off the host

Question 41

one host ticks

Answer 41

all stages feed on same animal host

Question 42

two host ticks

Answer 42

immature stages (larva and nymph) feed on the same host and adults feed on the separate host (not in US)

Question 43

three host ticks

Answer 43

each developmental stage engorges on a separate host animal

Question 44

why is the brown dog tick an exception to 3 host rule

Answer 44

it is a 3 host tick but all stages preferentially feed on dogs