Difference between revisions of "Veterinary/medical pests"
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* [[Ceratophyllidae]] ({{#ask: [[Category:Ceratophyllidae]]|format=count}} species) | * [[Ceratophyllidae]] ({{#ask: [[Category:Ceratophyllidae]]|format=count}} species) | ||
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* [[Oestridae]] ({{#ask: [[Category:Oestridae]]|format=count}} species) | * [[Oestridae]] ({{#ask: [[Category:Oestridae]]|format=count}} species) | ||
* [[Pediculidae]] ({{#ask: [[Category:Pediculidae]]|format=count}} species) | * [[Pediculidae]] ({{#ask: [[Category:Pediculidae]]|format=count}} species) | ||
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* [[Psoroptidae]] ({{#ask: [[Category:Psoroptidae]]|format=count}} species) | * [[Psoroptidae]] ({{#ask: [[Category:Psoroptidae]]|format=count}} species) | ||
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* [[Tenebrionidae (nuisance pests)]] ({{#ask: [[Category:Tenebrionidae (nuisance pests)]]|format=count}} species) | * [[Tenebrionidae (nuisance pests)]] ({{#ask: [[Category:Tenebrionidae (nuisance pests)]]|format=count}} species) | ||
* [[Theridiidae (veterinary/medical)]] ({{#ask: [[Category:Theridiidae (veterinary/medical)]]|format=count}} species) | * [[Theridiidae (veterinary/medical)]] ({{#ask: [[Category:Theridiidae (veterinary/medical)]]|format=count}} species) | ||
| + | * [[Trichodectidae]] ({{#ask: [[Category:Trichodectidae]]|format=count}} species) | ||
* [[Trombiculidae]] ({{#ask: [[Category:Trombiculidae]]|format=count}} species) | * [[Trombiculidae]] ({{#ask: [[Category:Trombiculidae]]|format=count}} species) | ||
* [[Tungidae]] ({{#ask: [[Category:Tungidae]]|format=count}} species) | * [[Tungidae]] ({{#ask: [[Category:Tungidae]]|format=count}} species) | ||
* [[Vespidae (veterin. pest wasps)]] ({{#ask: [[Category:Vespidae (veterin. pest wasps)]]|format=count}} species) | * [[Vespidae (veterin. pest wasps)]] ({{#ask: [[Category:Vespidae (veterin. pest wasps)]]|format=count}} species) | ||
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Revision as of 10:01, 8 June 2018
Aedes aegypti (note the marking on the thorax in the form of a lyre)
Author(s): James Gathany
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Author(s): James Gathany
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Groups of veterinary and medical pests
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Arachnida (ticks, mites, spiders)
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| Ixodida (ticks) (155 species) |
| other groups (mites, spiders) (21 species) |
Diptera
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| Ceratopogonidae (29 species) |
| Culicidae (314 species) |
| Psychodidae (76 species) |
| Simuliidae (49 species) |
| other groups (80 species) |
Other insect groups
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| Heteroptera (56 species) |
| Hymenoptera (veterin. pests/wasps) (11 species) |
| Phthiraptera (20 species) |
| Siphonaptera (12 species) |
| other insect orders (4 species) |
Veterinary and medical pests
This section includes various groups of arthropod pests which affect humans or parasitize livestock. Important families included here are (for a complete list see below):
disease vectors:
• mosquitoes (Culicidae)
• hard ticks (Ixodidae)
• biting midges (Ceratopogonidae)
• tsetse flies (Glossinidae)
• sand flies (Psychodidae)
• black flies (Simuliidae)
• kissing bugs (Reduviidae)
other medical & veterinary pests:
• bed-bugs (Cimicidae)
• lice (Pediculidae)
• fleas (Pulicidae)
• house and stable flies (Muscidae)
• warble flies (Oestridae)
• dust mites (Pyroglyphidae)
To navigate among the pages of these groups use the box on the top right or click on a family in the list below. Of course, you always have the option of using the wiki search function.
Families of veterinary/medical pests:
- Argasidae (9 species)
- Calliphoridae (15 species)
- Ceratophyllidae (3 species)
- Ceratopogonidae (29 species)
- Chironomidae (nuisance midges) (5 species)
- Cimicidae (2 species)
- Culicidae (314 species)
- Dermanyssidae (1 species)
- Echimyopodidae (1 species)
- Fanniidae (3 species)
- Glossinidae (9 species)
- Hippoboscidae (2 species)
- Ixodidae (146 species)
- Macronyssidae (3 species)
- Muscidae (medical/veterinary) (9 species)
- Oestridae (13 species)
- Pediculidae (1 species)
- Phoridae (medical/veterinary) (1 species)
- Psoroptidae (3 species)
- Psychodidae (76 species)
- Pulicidae (7 species)
- Pyroglyphidae (3 species)
- Reduviidae (54 species)
- Sarcophagidae (2 species)
- Sarcoptidae (vertebr. parasites) (1 species)
- Scathophagidae (0 species)
- Sicariidae (veterinary/medical) (2 species)
- Simuliidae (49 species)
- Staphylinidae (pests) (2 species)
- Tabanidae (21 species)
- Tenebrionidae (nuisance pests) (1 species)
- Theridiidae (veterinary/medical) (4 species)
- Trichodectidae (6 species)
- Trombiculidae (5 species)
- Tungidae (2 species)
- Vespidae (veterin. pest wasps) (11 species)
