Flies/Sandflies/Mites/Lice/Midges/Chigger Flashcards
1
Q
- Name this arthropod to the genus level
- State two features that support your identification
- Name one disease that this arthropod is the vector for
A
- Glossina sp (Tsetse fly)
- Features:
* Long proboscis
* Wings that rest directly on top of each other and cover the entire abdomen
* Widely spaced eyes - African Trypanosomiasis (Trypanosoma brucei)
2
Q
- Name this arthropod to the species level
- What’s the lifecycle stage?
- State two features that support your diagnosis
- Name one disease that this arthropod is the vector for
A
- Tunga penetrans
- Adult
- Features:
* Angular head
* Narrow thoracic segments at the top
* No comb or spines - Tungiasis (not the vector but cause of)
3
Q
- Name this arthropod to the genus level
- State two features that support your identification
- Name one disease that this arthropod is the vector for
A
- Chrysops sp.
- Features:
* Open scissor formation of wings in the resting position
* Dark band across the width of the wings
* Yellow and black colouration of the abdomen (some with longitudinal black stripes) - Loiasis (Loa loa)
4
Q
- Name this arthropod to the genus level
- State two features that support your identification
- Name one disease that this arthropod is the vector for
A
- Chrysops sp.
- Features:
* Open scissor formation of wings in the resting position
* Dark band across the width of the wings
* Yellow and black colouration of the abdomen (some with longitudinal black stripes) - Loiasis (Loa loa)
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A
6
Q
- Name this arthropod to the genus level
- State two features that support your identification
- Name one disease that this arthropod is the vector for
A
- Chrysops sp.
- Features:
* Open scissor formation of wings in the resting position
* Dark band across the width of the wings
* Yellow and black colouration of the abdomen (some with longitudinal black stripes) - Loiasis (Loa loa)
7
Q
- Name this arthropod to the genus level
- State two features that support your identification
- Name one disease that this arthropod is the vector for
- What time of day does this vector typically bite humans?
A
- Triatoma sp
- Features:
* Cone-shaped head
* Pear-shaped body
* Thin legs
* Black/brown colouration
* Characteristic cream to red/orange/yellow stripes along the edge of their body - Chaga’s disease (Trypanosoma cruzi)
- Night time
8
Q
- Name this arthropod to the genus level
- What’s the lifecycle stage?
- State two features that support your diagnosis
- Name one disease that this arthropod is the vector for
A
- Leptotrombidium (Larval mite)
- Larva
- Features
* Hairy
* 3 pairs of legs
* Mouth parts - Orientia tsutsugamushi (Scrub typhus)
9
Q
This specimen was provided for identification in Peru
- Name this arthropod to the genus level
- State two features that support your identification
- Name one disease that this arthropod is the vector for
- What time of day does this vector typically bite humans?
A
- Lutzomyia sp. (subfamily Phlebotominiae
- Features
* Hairy
* Small body length up to 3 mm
* Colour black to white - Diseases
* Leishmaniasis (Leishmania sp.)
* Carrion’s disease (Bartonella bacilliformis) - Night
10
Q
- Name this arthropod to the genus level
- State two features that support your identification
- Name two diseases that this arthropod is the vector for
A
- Simulium
- Features
* Black colouration
* Hunched over
* Broad wings
* Small bodied - Diseases
* Onchocerciasis (Onchocerca volvulus)
* Mansonellosis (Mansonella ozzardi)
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12
Q
- Name this arthropod to the species level
- State two features that support your diagnosis
- Name one symptom due to this arthropod
- Name one drug used to treat this arthropod
A
- Phthirus pubis
- Features:
* Size range 1.5-2.0 mm long
* 3 pairs of legs (6 total)
* Second and third pairs of legs have. a modified claw for grasping hairs
* Body nearly as wide as it is long - Itch
- Permethrin, Pyrethrin with piperonyl butoxide
13
Q
- Name this arthropod to the species level
- What’s the lifecycle stage?
- State two features that support your diagnosis
- Name one disease that this arthropod is the vector for
A
- Tunga penetrans
- Adult
- Features:
* Angular head
* Narrow thoracic segments at the top
* No comb or spines - Tungiasis (not the vector but cause of)
14
Q
- Name this arthropod to the genus level
- What’s the lifecycle stage?
- State two features that support your diagnosis
- Name one disease that this arthropod is the vector for
A
- Ctenocephalides
- Adult
- Features:
* Presence of genal and pronotal combs
* Mesopleuron not divided by a sclerotized rod - Diseases:
* Dipylidium caninum
* Hymenolepis nana
* Rickettsia felis (Feline rickettsiae)
* Bartonella henselae (Cat-scratch disease)
15
Q
- Name this arthropod to the species level (size: 35mm)
- State two features that support your diagnosis
- Name one symptom due to this arthropod
- Name one drug used to treat this arthropod
A
- Peduculus humanus (humanus or corporis)
- Features
* Size: within the size range (3-4 mm) for P. humanus adults
* 3 pairs of legs adapted to clinging to hair - Itch
- Treatment:
* Permethrin, pyrethrin creams
* Combing/physical removal
* Hot air drying
16
Q
- Name this arthropod to the genus level
- State two features that support your identification
- Name one disease that this arthropod is the vector for
A
- Culicoides
- Features:
* Gray colouration
* Characteristic wing pattern
* Small 1-3mm in length - Mansonellosis
17
Q
- Name this arthropod to the species level
- State two features that support your diagnosis
- Name one symptom due to this arthropod
- Name one drug used to treat this arthropod
A
- Phthirus pubis
- Features:
* Size range 1.5-2.0 mm long
* 3 pairs of legs (6 total)
* Second and third pairs of legs have. a modified claw for grasping hairs
* Body nearly as wide as it is long - Itch
- Permethrin, Pyrethrin with piperonyl butoxide