Horse Arthropods Flashcards
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Otobius megnini (spinose ear tick)
SOFT TICK
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Ixodes (black-legged or deer ticks)
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Dermacentor spp.
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Chorioptes mite
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Mosquitos
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Culicoides (midges)
*thorax humped over a small head
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Tabanids (horse flies)
*prominent eyes
*downward pointing piercing mouthparts
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Stomoxys calcitrans (stable fly)
*piercing mouthparts
*4 longitudinal dark stripes on thorax
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Gasterophilus spp. (equin bot flies)
*no mouthparts (obligate myiasis flies)
*body densely covered in yellow hairs w/dark brown bands on abdomen
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Damalinia equi (chewing lice)
11
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Haematopinus asini (sucking lice)
