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!<div style="background:#F1DAAF; font-size:120%; line-height:200%;">&nbsp;&nbsp;Groups of veterinary and medical pests&nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
 
!<div style="background:#F1DAAF; font-size:120%; line-height:200%;">&nbsp;&nbsp;Groups of veterinary and medical pests&nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
 
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|<div style="text-align:center; background:#F2EBB5;">'''Arachnida (ticks + parasitic mites)'''</div>
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|<div style="text-align:center; background:#F2EBB5;">'''Arachnida (ticks, mites, spiders)'''</div>
 
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|'''[[Ixodida|Ixodida (ticks)]]''' ({{#ask: [[Category:Ixodida]]|format=count}} species)
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|'''[[Ixodida|Ixodida (ticks)]]'''
 
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|'''[[Miscellaneous groups of Arachnida (mites)|other groups (mites)]]''' ({{CountSpecies4}} species)
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|'''[[Miscellaneous groups of Arachnida (mites)|other groups (mites, spiders)]]'''
 
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|<div style="text-align:center; background:#F2EBB5;">'''Diptera'''</div>
 
|<div style="text-align:center; background:#F2EBB5;">'''Diptera'''</div>
 
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|'''[[Ceratopogonidae]]''' ({{#ask: [[Category:Ceratopogonidae]]|format=count}} species)
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|'''[[Ceratopogonidae]]'''
 
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|'''[[Culicidae]]''' ({{#ask: [[Category:Culicidae]]|format=count}} species)
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|'''[[Culicidae]]'''
 
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|'''[[Psychodidae]]''' ({{#ask: [[Category:Psychodidae]]|format=count}} species)
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|'''[[Psychodidae]]'''
 
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|'''[[Simuliidae]]''' ({{#ask: [[Category:Simuliidae]]|format=count}} species)
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|'''[[Simuliidae]]'''
 
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|'''[[Miscellaneous families of Diptera (medical/veterinary)|other groups]]''' ({{CountSpecies5}} species)
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|'''[[Miscellaneous families of Diptera (medical/veterinary)|other groups]]'''
 
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|<div style="text-align:center; background:#F2EBB5;">'''Other groups'''</div>
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|<div style="text-align:center; background:#F2EBB5;">'''Other insect groups'''</div>
 
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|'''[[Heteroptera (veterinary/medical bugs)|Heteroptera]]''' ({{#ask: [[Category:Heteroptera (veterinary/medical bugs)]]|format=count}} species)
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|'''[[Heteroptera (veterinary/medical bugs)|Heteroptera]]'''
 
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|'''[[Hymenoptera (veterin. pests/wasps)]]''' ({{#ask: [[Category:Hymenoptera (veterin. pests/wasps)]]|format=count}} species)
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|'''[[Hymenoptera (veterin. pests/wasps)]]'''
 
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|'''[[Phthiraptera]]''' ({{#ask: [[Category:Phthiraptera]]|format=count}} species)
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|'''[[Phthiraptera]]'''
 
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|'''[[Siphonaptera]]''' ({{#ask: [[Category:Siphonaptera]]|format=count}} species)
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|'''[[Siphonaptera]]'''
 
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|'''[[Other arthropod orders (veterinary/medical)|other arthropod orders]]''' ({{#ask: [[Category:Other arthropod orders (veterinary/medical)]]|format=count}} species)
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|'''[[Other arthropod orders (veterinary/medical)|other insect orders]]'''
 
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<font color="#800000">'''Veterinary and medical pests'''</font>
  
 
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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):<br />
 
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'''disease vectors:'''<br />
 
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'''&bull;''' [[Culicidae|mosquitoes (Culicidae)]]<br />
 
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'''&bull;''' [[Ixodidae|hard ticks (Ixodidae)]]<br />
<font color="#800000">'''Veterinary and medical pests'''</font> include various groups which affecting humans (e.g. mosquitoes) or parasitize livestock (e.g. ticks).
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'''&bull;''' [[Ceratopogonidae|biting midges (Ceratopogonidae)]]<br />
 
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'''&bull;''' [[Glossina (genus)|tsetse flies (Glossinidae)]]<br />
 
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'''&bull;''' [[Psychodidae|sand flies (Psychodidae)]]<br />
 
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'''&bull;''' [[Simuliidae|black flies (Simuliidae)]]<br />
 
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'''&bull;''' [[Reduviidae|kissing bugs (Reduviidae)]]<br />
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'''other medical & veterinary pests:'''<br />
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'''&bull;''' [[Cimicidae|bed-bugs (Cimicidae)]]<br />
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'''&bull;''' [[Pediculidae|lice (Pediculidae)]]<br />
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'''&bull;''' [[Pulicidae|fleas (Pulicidae)]]<br />
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'''&bull;''' [[Muscidae (medical/veterinary)|house and stable flies (Muscidae)]]<br />
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'''&bull;''' [[Oestridae|warble flies (Oestridae)]]<br />
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'''&bull;''' [[Pyroglyphidae|dust mites (Pyroglyphidae)]]<br />
  
 
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To navigate among the pages of these groups use the box on the right or click on a family in the list below. Of course, you always have the option of using the wiki [http://wiki.pestinfo.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search&fulltext=Search&profile=all&redirs=1&search= search function].
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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 [http://wiki.pestinfo.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search&fulltext=Search&profile=all&redirs=1&search= search function].
 
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'''Families of veterinary/medical pests:'''
 
'''Families of veterinary/medical pests:'''
 
<div style="float:left;line-height:1.5em;padding-right:3em">
 
<div style="float:left;line-height:1.5em;padding-right:3em">
* [[Apidae (bees - veterinary pests)]]
 
 
* [[Argasidae]]
 
* [[Argasidae]]
* [[Bovicoliidae]]
 
 
* [[Calliphoridae]]
 
* [[Calliphoridae]]
 
* [[Ceratophyllidae]]
 
* [[Ceratophyllidae]]
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* [[Dermanyssidae]]
 
* [[Dermanyssidae]]
 
* [[Echimyopodidae]]
 
* [[Echimyopodidae]]
* [[Eumenidae (veterin. pest wasps)]]
 
 
* [[Fanniidae]]
 
* [[Fanniidae]]
* [[Glossinidae]]
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* [[Glossina (genus)|Glossinidae]]
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* [[Hippoboscidae]]
 
* [[Ixodidae]]
 
* [[Ixodidae]]
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* [[Linognathidae]]
 
* [[Macronyssidae]]
 
* [[Macronyssidae]]
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* [[Menoponidae]]
 
* [[Muscidae (medical/veterinary)]]
 
* [[Muscidae (medical/veterinary)]]
 
* [[Oestridae]]
 
* [[Oestridae]]
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* [[Pediculidae]]
 
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<div style="float:left;line-height:1.5em;padding-right:1em">
 
<div style="float:left;line-height:1.5em;padding-right:1em">
* [[Pediculidae]]
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* [[Philopteridae]]
 
* [[Phoridae (medical/veterinary)]]
 
* [[Phoridae (medical/veterinary)]]
 
* [[Psoroptidae]]
 
* [[Psoroptidae]]
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* [[Sarcophagidae]]
 
* [[Sarcophagidae]]
 
* [[Sarcoptidae (vertebr. parasites)]]
 
* [[Sarcoptidae (vertebr. parasites)]]
* [[Scathophagidae]]
 
 
* [[Sicariidae (veterinary/medical)]]
 
* [[Sicariidae (veterinary/medical)]]
 
* [[Simuliidae]]
 
* [[Simuliidae]]
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* [[Staphylinidae (pests)]]
 
* [[Tabanidae]]
 
* [[Tabanidae]]
 
* [[Tenebrionidae (nuisance pests)]]
 
* [[Tenebrionidae (nuisance pests)]]
 
* [[Theridiidae (veterinary/medical)]]
 
* [[Theridiidae (veterinary/medical)]]
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* [[Trichodectidae]]
 
* [[Trombiculidae]]
 
* [[Trombiculidae]]
 
* [[Tungidae]]
 
* [[Tungidae]]
 
* [[Vespidae (veterin. pest wasps)]]
 
* [[Vespidae (veterin. pest wasps)]]
 
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Latest revision as of 12:09, 28 March 2023

Aedes aegypti (note the marking on the thorax in the form of a lyre)
Author(s): James Gathany
Source: Wikimedia Commons
  Groups of veterinary and medical pests  
Arachnida (ticks, mites, spiders)
Ixodida (ticks)
other groups (mites, spiders)
Diptera
Ceratopogonidae
Culicidae
Psychodidae
Simuliidae
other groups
Other insect groups
Heteroptera
Hymenoptera (veterin. pests/wasps)
Phthiraptera
Siphonaptera
other insect orders

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: