Lab Final Flashcards by Tierra Christian | Brainscape

Q

Human body louse

A

Pediculus humanus

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Human head louse

A

Pediculus capitus

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Vector of epidemic typhus (Rickettsia prowazekii)

A

Body louse

Pediculus humanus

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Q

Human pubic louse

Looks like a crab

A

Pthirus pubis

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Q

Pig louse

Has a cone shaped head

A

Haematospinus suis

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Q

How do you tell chewing and sucking live apart?

A

Chewing lice have heads that are broader than their thorax while sucking lice have narrow pointed heads

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Q

Cat flea

A

Ctenocephalides felis

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Dog flea

A

Ctenocephalides canis

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Q

Human flea

A

Pulex irritans

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Northern rat flea/ bird flea

A

Nosopsyllus fasciatus

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Q

Which flea has no ctenidium (bristles)

A

Pulex irritans

Human flea

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Q

Which flea has only pronotal ctenidium

A

Nosopsyllus fasciatus
Northern rat flea
Bird flea

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Which flea has the longest bristles

A

Ctenocephalides felis

Cat flea

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Q

Kissing bug

A

Triatoma infestans

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Vector of Chagas’ disease

A

Triatoma infestans

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Common bedbug

A

Cimex lectularis

Q

Different characteristics for anopheles

A

Long palps

Male- palps clubbed at tip

Q

Characteristics of Aedes

A

Short palps
Male- feathery palps
Pointed abdomen

Q

Culex description

A

Short palps
Male- feathery palps
Rounded abdomen

Q

Yellow fever

A

Aedes aegypti

Q

Yellow fever started as

A

A disease of tree dwelling African monkeys

Q

Dengue fever

A

Aedes aegypti

Q

Malaria

A

Anopheles

Q

West Nile

A

Culex

Q

Encephalitis

A

Culex

Q

Lone star tick

A

Amblyomma americanum

Q

Dog tick

A

Dermecentor variabilis

Q

Cattle tick

A

Boophilus annulatus

Q

Brown dog tick

A

Rhipicephalus sanguineus