External Parasites of Ruminant

Culicoides sp.

Biting midges

Tabanus sp.

Horse fly

Musca autumnalis

Face fly

Stomoxys calcitrans

Stable fly

Haematobia exigua

Buffalo fly

Haematobia irritans

Horn fly

Glossina spp.

Tsetse fly

Cochliomyia hominivorax

Screwworm fly

Chrysomya bezziana

Old World screwworm fly

Callitroga macellaria

Secondary screwworm fly

Cordylobia anthropophaga

Tumbu fly

Calliphora sp.

Blue bottle fly/blowfly

Lucilia sp.

Green/copper bottle fly/blowfly

Phormia sp.

Black bottle fly/blowfly

Sarcophaga sp.

Flesh fly

Booponus intonsus

Foot maggot fly

Gasterophilus sp.

Horse fly

Oestrus ovis

Sheep bot fly

Hypoderma bovis

Cattle grub

Hypoderma lineatum

Common cattle grub

Rhinoestrus purpureus

Russian gadfly

Dermatobia hominis

Human botfly

Lepoptena cervi

Deer lip louse fly/deer ked

Melophagus ovinus

Sheep ked/lousefly

Ctenocephalides felis felis

Cat flea

Ctenocephalides canis

Dog flea

Haematopinus eurysternus

Short-nosed cattle louse

Haematopinus tuberculatus

Water buffalo louse

Haematopinus quadripertusus

Cattle tail louse

Linognathus vituli

Long-nosed cattle louse

Linognathus africanus

African blue louse

Linognathus stenopsis

Goat louse

Solenopotes capillatus

Little blue cattle louse

Damalinia limbata

Cattle red louse

R. (Boophilus) microplus

Asian blue tick or cattle tick

Rhipicephalus appendiculatus

Brown ear tick

Dermacentor albopictus

Winter tick

Dermacentor andersoni

Rocky Mountain wood tick

Dermacentor variabilis

American dog tick

Amblyomma americanum

Lone star tick

Amblyomma cajennense

Cayenne tick

Amblyomma hebraeum

Natal bont tick

Amblyomma variegatum

Tropical bont tick

Ornithodoros savignyi

Sand tampan or sand tick

Ornithodoros lahorensis

African argasid tick or Lahore tick

Ornithodoros coriaceus

Pajaroello tick

Sarcoptes scabieibovis

Cattle sarcoptic mange mite

Psoroptes ovis

Scab mite

Chorioptes bovis

Symbiotic mange mite

Chorioptes texanus

Chorioptic mange mite

Demodex bovis

Cattle demodectic mange mite

Demodex ghanensis

Cattle demodectic mange mite

Demodex tauri

Cattle demodectic mange mite

Psorobia (Psorergates) bos

Ear mite of cattle

Raillietia auris

Ear mite of cattle