order coleoptera (book) Flashcards
feed on dung, decaying animal matter, hides, heaps of bones
staphilinidae
Cuculionidae
Setophilus oryzae, S. zeamais
feed on dead animals and decomposing flesh
silphidae
tenebrionidae
tribolium castaneum, t. confusum
cucuiidae
cryptolestes ferrugineus
dermestidae spp
dermestes ater, attagenus megatoma
mouthparts of coleoptera
mandibulate
beetle poisonous to chicken, ducklings, and turkey and may kill the animal in 24 hours
Macrodactylus subspinosus
beetle causing vesicating skin lesion
Lytta vesicatoria
skin blister coconut beetles
Sessina collaris
skin blister beetles
Sessina decolor
they cause vesicular dermatitis, canthariasis of skin, digestive tract, urinary system
Oxicopis vittala, Epicauta pestifera, Zonabris nubicathe
beetles are cyclical transmitter of this parasite in stomach of pigs
Ascarops strongylina, Physocephalus sexalatus
esophagus parasite in pigs and rume transmitted by beetles
gongylonema pulchrum
thorny headed worm of pigs carried by beetles
Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus