Veterinary/medical pests
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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 + parasitic mites)
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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 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 (e.g. mosquitoes) or parasitize livestock (e.g. ticks).
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 search function.
Families of veterinary/medical pests:
- Apidae (bees - veterinary pests) (0 species)
- Argasidae (9 species)
- Bovicoliidae (0 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)
- Eumenidae (veterin. pest wasps) (0 species)
- Fanniidae (3 species)
- Glossinidae (9 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)
- Tabanidae (21 species)
- Tenebrionidae (nuisance pests) (1 species)
- Theridiidae (veterinary/medical) (4 species)
- Trombiculidae (5 species)
- Tungidae (2 species)
- Vespidae (veterin. pest wasps) (11 species)
