Order Hemiptera (book) Flashcards
Enumerate at least 3 diseases transmitted by Cimicidae
Plague
Leprosy
Kalaazar
Chagas disease
Relapsing fever
Leptospirosis
Bedbugs may cause these conditions in humans
Allergy
Asthma
Insomnia
Nervousness
Pathogenesis of bedbugs to poultry:
Severe irritation and anemia
They may produce influenza like symptoms:
Family cimicidae
bedbugs known to attack mammals and poultry
Cimex lectularius
bedbugs known to attack mammals and birds
Cimex hemipterus
bedbugs known to attack poultry in US and Mexico
Haematosiphon inodorus
These species can survive long period of starvation:
Cimicidae
Their proboscis are jointed and flexed under the head when not in use:
order hemiptera
The causative agent of plague
Yersinia sp.
The causative agent of kalaazar
Leishmania donovani
The causative agent of chagas disease
Trypanosoma cruzi
The causative agent of relapsing fever
Rickettsia sp.
What is the common name of Cimicidae?
bedbugs
common name of family triatomidae
assassin bugs, cone nosed bug, kissing bugs, reduviids
they defecate on skin of host during feeding
triatomidae
Reduviids cyclically transmitting Trypanosoma rangeli and T. conorrhini
Rhodnius sp., Triatoma sp.
triatomidae are mechanical transmitters of?
relapsing fever spirochetes and equine encephalomyelitis virus
