Medical Microbiology

11 Arthropods

J.Eckert

Parasiticarthropodsareectoparasitesthathaveatemporaryorpermanent

associationwiththeirhosts.Theirconsiderablemedicalsignificanceisdue

totheircapabilitytocausenuisanceorskindiseasesinhumansandtoact

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Table 11. 1 ClassificationofArthropodsMentionedintheText

Subphylum

&Class

Order*

&Suborder

Genus

Amandibulata

&Arachnida Metastigmata^1 (ticks) FamilyIxodidae:Ixodes,Dermacentor,

Rhipicephalus,Haemaphysalisetc.;

familyArgasidae:Argas,Ornithodoros

Mesostigmata^2 (mites) Dermanyssus,Ornithonyssus

Prostigmata^3 (mites) Cheyletiella,Neotrombicula

Astigmata^4 (mites) Sarcoptes,Notoedres,Psoroptes,

Tyrophagus,Tyroglyphus,Glyciphagus,

Dermatophagoides

Madibulata

&Insecta Anoplura(lice) Pediculus,Phthirus

Heteroptera(bugs) Cimex,Oeciacus,Triatoma,Rhodnius,

Panstrongylus

Diptera

&Nematocera

(mosquitoes,blackflies

etc.)

Anopheles,Culex,Aedes,Simulium,

Phlebotomus,Lutzomyia

&Brachycera(flies) Musca,Glossina,Calliphora,Cochliomyia,

Cordylobia,Lucilia,Sarcophaga,

Wohlfahrtia,Gasterophilus,Hypoderma,

Cuterebra

Siphonaptera(fleas) Pulex,Ctenocephalides,Ceratophyllus,

Archaeopsylla,Xenopsylla,Tunga,etc.

*Syn.^1 Ixodida,^2 Gamasida,^3 Trombidiformes,^4 Sarcoptiformes.

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