Arthropods - Flea/Lice/Fly (general info)

Fleas have a preferred host but are

host opportunistic

Fleas have ? legs are excellent ?

6, jumpers

2 kinds of flea mouth parts

piercing, sucking

Fleas are ? compressed

laterally

Fleas have a ? metamorphosis that includes

complete, egg, larvae, pupa, adult

Flea dirt is flea

feces

Lice have a ? body

segmented

3 segments of Lice body

head, thorax, abdomen

Lice are flattened ?

ventrodorsally

Lice infestation

pediculosis

Lice have ? pairs of legs

3

Chewing/Biting Lice

Mallophaga

Sucking Lice

Anoplura

Mallophaga are ? in size, their head is ? than thorax and infest ?

smaller, wider, mammals and birds

Anoplura are ? in size, their head is ? than thorax, they have ?, and infest ?

larger, narrower, pincer-like claws, mammals except birds and cats

Mallophaga and Anoplura Lice are species

specific

5 Mallophaga Lice that infect Small Animals

Trichodectes, Heterodoxus, Felicola, Gliricola, Gyropus

3 Mallophaga Lice that infect Large Animals and Avians

Bovicola, Goniocotes, Menacanthus

3 Anoplura Lice that infect Small Animals

Linognathus, Polyplax, Gliricola

3 Anoplura Lice that infect Large Animals and Avians

Haematopinus, Solenopotes, Linognathus

Nymph and Adult stage Lice cannot live longer than ? if removed from the host

7 days

Lice habitat

fur or feathers, skin

Adult Lice transmission

direct contact

All Life stages Lice transmission

fomites

Lice damage

itchy, dermatitis, anemia w/ heavy sucking lice infection

Lice treatment

debulk, shave, wash bedding, most flea products

Flies Life cycle

complex metamorphosis

Flies life cycle stages

eggs, larva, pupae, adult

3 Larva names

maggot, grub, bot

lesions caused by flies

myiasis

requires host to live, needs living flesh to develop

obligatory

doesnt require host to develop, opportunistically infests host, develops in decaying organic matter or necrotic wounds

facultative