Insecta Flashcards
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Class insects
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Antennae May have complex eyes Multi segmented bodies separated into 3 parts May have wings Adults have 3 pair of legs
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Order Anoplura
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Sucking lice No wings Permanent parasites Flattened bodies Narrow head Respiratory stoma in pleural plates Tibial pads+tarsal claw Biting/sucking mouthparts Hematophagous, solenophagus Adult Male w penis, female w gonopods+cementant glands Egg-3 nymphal-adults=21days
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Order Anoplura genera
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Pthirus- crab louse, human+primates Pediculus-human Haematopinus-swine, horses, cattle Solenopotes-ruminants Linognathus-dogs, cattle
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Order Mallophaga
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Chewing lice “wool eaters” Low host specificity Wide head Segment 2+3 fused Permanent parasites mammals+birds Claws Feed on hair, feathers, sebaceous gland (even blood)
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Order Mallophaga genera
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Birds: Goniocotes Columbicola Mammals: Trichodectes-dog (IH of Diphylidium caninum) Feliola-cat Bovicola-cattle
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Order Siphonaptera
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Compressed body Third pair of legs well developed (jumping) Pigmented simple eyes No wings Antennae in antennae grove Parasites of mammals and birds Haematophagus, solenophagus Low host specificity May have genial ctenidium and pronotal ctenidium (spines) Senilium in abdomen (sensorial organ) Differentiated by head+ctenidium Saliva may cause allergy Egg-4 larval-pupae-adult
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Vectors of
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Anoplura Pediculus-Exanthematic typhus Mallophaga Trichodectes- Dipylidium caninum Siphonaptera Xenopsylla- yersinia pestis Siphonaptera Ctenocephalides- filiariae Hemiptera Triatoma- Trypanosoma
