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BLOOD FEEDERS
MITES/TICKS Antennae _
lacking
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BLOOD FEEDERS
MITES/TICKS With 2 body regions...
cephalothorax (head and thorax) and abdomen
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BLOOD FEEDERS
MITES/TICKS Mouthparts consist of a median hypostome and paired _
chelicerae
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BLOOD FEEDERS
MITES/TICKS Mites can be distinguished from ticks by their being _
smaller
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BLOOD FEEDERS
MITES/TICKS _ are all parasitic
ticks
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BLOOD FEEDERS
MITES/TICKS mites are usually being _ but some species are _
soft-bodied but some species are hard-bodied
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BLOOD FEEDERS
MITES/TICKS ticks are tough and _
leathery
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BLOOD FEEDERS
MITES/TICKS mites are usually free-living as scavengers or in foods but some are _
parasitic
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BLOOD FEEDERS
MITES/TICKS mites lack _ organ (sensory) which is located on the first pair of legs on top of each tarsus
Haller’s
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BLOOD FEEDERS
MITES/TICKS mite’s hypostome (one of the mouthparts) is _
unbarbed
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BLOOD FEEDERS
MITES/TICKS tick’s hypostome is BLANK which makes removal from a host difficult
barbed
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BLOOD FEEDERS
MITES/TICKS a calcified harpoon-like structure near the mouth area
hypostome
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BLOOD FEEDERS
MITES/TICKS allows them to anchor themselves firmly in place on a host mammal while sucking blood.
hypostome
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BLOOD FEEDERS
MITES/TICKS larvae have only NUMBER pairs of legs
3
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BLOOD FEEDERS
MITES/TICKS Larvae of the mite family Trombiculidae are called
chiggers or “redbugs.”
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UNIVAR MITES
dust mites are best controlled by
changing environmental conditions
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UNIVAR MITES
clover mites enter structures and leave a BLANK where they are smashed
red stain
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UNIVAR MITES
bird mites feed on BLANK and will attack BLANK
feathers of birds and will attach humans/other mammals
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UNIVAR MITES
grain mites tend to
clump together in large masses
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UNIVAR MITES
tropical rat mites have very long
legs and mouthparts
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UNIVAR MITES
clover mite, leg shape and body shape
long front legs and round body
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UNIVAR MITES
scabies mites are best controlled by BLANK and BLANK
medications prescribed by a doctor and pesticides should be avoided
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UNIVAR MITES
cheese mites, COLOR, LEG SHAPE, MOUTHPART SHAPE
REDDISH COLOR, LONG LEGS, LONG MOUTHPARTS
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UNIVAR MITES
scabies mite is transmitted by
person to person physical contact
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UNIVAR MITES
cheese mites can infest
human foods
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UNIVAR MITES
Chiggers bite where
clothing touches the skin, such as under the socks
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UNIVAR MITES
Chiggers are vectors of
Scrub Typhus
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UNIVAR MITES
_ mites are a major cause of human allergies and asthma
dust mites
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UNIVAR MITES
mites are in the order
Acarina
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MITES PHE 02
there are only two significant diseases of
humans for which mites serve as the
principal vectors: BLANK and tsutsugamushi disease.
RICKETTSIALPOX
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MITES PHE 02
RICKETTSIALPOX
Cases occur primarily in urban areas in
crowded living quarters infested with the
house mouse (Mus musculus), which serves as the major reservoir
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MITES PHE 02
RICKETTSIALPOX
The causative agent of rickettsialpox is
Rickettsia akari, and is morphologically indistinguishable from
R. rickettsii, the causative agent of
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
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MITES PHE 02
RICKETTSIALPOX
The causative agent of rickettsialpox is
Rickettsia akari, and is morphologically indistinguishable from
R. rickettsii, the causative agent of
ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER
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MITES PHE 02
mouthparts
chelicerae
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MITES PHE 02
a type of excretory and osmoregulatory system found in
some insects, myriapods, arachnids, and tardigrades
Malpighian tubules
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MITES PHE 02
The basic developmental stages in the life history of mites
are the
egg, prelarva, larva, protonymph, deutonymph, tritonymph, and adult
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MITES PHE 02
Larvae of members of the family Trombiculidae are called
chiggers, red bugs, and berry bugs
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MITES PHE 02
trombiculid larvae usually cause little or
no apparent harm to their normal hosts, they often cause
BLANK when they attach to and attempt to feed on
humans and other atypical hosts.
DERMATITIS
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MITES PHE 02
an infestation by trombiculid larvae is called
chigger dermatitis, or trombiculosis
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