Keds, Fleas, Lice And Bugs

Question 0

Where do ked larvae develop

Answer 0

In their mothers abdomen

Question 1

General physical characteristics of keds

Answer 1

Dorsoventrally flattened, sometimes wingless flies with biting mouthparts

Question 2

Sheep ked

Answer 2

Melophagus ovinus

Entire life of sheep ked is on the sheep

Question 3

Horse louse fly + 1 fact

Answer 3

Hippobosca equina

Wings remain developed and functional throughout life

Question 4

Host of Lipoptena cervi + 1 fact

Answer 4

White-tailed deer

Once they land on deer, wings break off

Question 5

Bat flies

Answer 5

Nycteriibidae

Question 6

Scientific name for fleas

Answer 6

Siphonaptera

Question 7

Type of flea metamorphosis

Answer 7

Complex metamorphosis

3 larval stages

Question 8

How often do most fleas jump on a host to feed

Answer 8

Most fleas stay on the same host and don’t jump off until population reaches over 200 and a less infested host comes along

Question 9

What is principal food of the flea larvae

Answer 9

Flea feces

Question 10

How long can unfed Ctenocephalide adults survive in optimal temperatures

Answer 10

2 months

Question 11

Which organism causes cat scratch disease, and what is its vector/host

Answer 11

Bartonella henselae

Host is Ctenocephalides felis

Question 12

What organism causes murine typhus

Answer 12

Rickettsia typhi

Question 13

What are the hosts of the fleas serving as vectors for murine typhus

Answer 13

Rodents in urban areas, opossums and cats in suburban areas

Question 14

Scientific name of the sticktight flea
Common hosts
Geographic range

Answer 14

Echidnophaga gallinacea
Mostly chickens, poultry, also other birds, dogs, cats, rabbits, humans, horses
Subtropical Americas

Question 15

Where is echidnophaga gallinacea found on birds

Answer 15

Skin of eyelids, cloaca, and on combs and wattles

Question 16

Common names of tanga penetrans

Answer 16

Chigoe or jiggers

Question 17

Where can tunga penetrans be found on the host

Answer 17

Ankles, instep and between toes

Question 18

Larvae of which beetle species feed on the honey in bee hives, forcing the honeybees to leave

Answer 18

Aethina tumida

Small Hive beetle

Question 19

What are Phthiraptera

Answer 19

Lice

Question 20

What hosts do lice feed on

Answer 20

Mammals and birds only

Question 21

What type of metamorphosis do lice undergo

Answer 21

Simple metamorphosis

Question 22

What are the eggs of lice called

Answer 22

Nits

Question 23

What are the 2 major groups of lice and what hosts can they be found on

Answer 23

Anoplura on placental mammals

Mallophaga birds and mammals (including marsupials)

Question 24

Which group of lice are considered sucking lice and why

Answer 24

Anoplura - suck blood directly from blood vessels similar to a mosquito.

Question 25

Which species of flea is associated with the plague

Answer 25

xenopsylla cheopis