Veterinary/medical pests
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) |
| other groups (mites, spiders) |
Diptera
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| Ceratopogonidae |
| Culicidae |
| Psychodidae |
| Simuliidae |
| other groups |
Other insect groups
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| 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:
- Philopteridae
- Phoridae (medical/veterinary)
- Psoroptidae
- Psychodidae
- Pulicidae
- Pyroglyphidae
- Reduviidae
- Sarcophagidae
- Sarcoptidae (vertebr. parasites)
- Sicariidae (veterinary/medical)
- Simuliidae
- Staphylinidae (pests)
- Tabanidae
- Tenebrionidae (nuisance pests)
- Theridiidae (veterinary/medical)
- Trichodectidae
- Trombiculidae
- Tungidae
- Vespidae (veterin. pest wasps)
