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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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TICKS
The Ixodida contain three extant families:
,
Argasidae,
Nuttalliellidae
IXODIDAE
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TICKS
The Ixodida contain three extant families:
Ixodidae,
,
Nuttalliellidae
ARGASIDAE
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TICKS
The Ixodida contain three extant families:
Ixodidae,
Argasidae,
NUTTALLIELLIDAE
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TICKS
IXODES SCAPULARIS
BLACK LEGGED TICK
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TICKS
IXODES PACIFICUS
WESTERN BLACK LEGGED TICK
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TICKS
DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS
AMERICAN DOG TICK
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TICKS
DERMACENTOR ANDERSONI
ROCKY MOUNTAIN WOOD TICK
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TICKS
DERMACENTOR OCCIDENTALIS
PACIFIC COAST TICK
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TICKS
RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS
BROWN DOG TICK
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TICKS
Ixodes species are known as the Prostriata,
characterized by a distinctive BLANK groove that encircles the BLANK anteriorly
distinctive anal groove that encircles the anus anteriorly
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TICKS
Ticks of the genus Rhipicephalus are recognized by the
SHAPE shape of the basis capituli when viewed
dorsally
HEXAGONAL
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TICKS
AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM
LONE STAR TICK
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TICKS
AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM
GULF COAST TICK
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TICKS
AMBLYOMMA genus
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long as segment
PALPS
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TICKS
ARGAS PERSICUS
FOWL TICK
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TICKS
Ixodid ticks, also called
hard ticks
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TICKS
argasid ticks, also known as
soft ticks
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TICKS
Many can survive for YEARS without feeding
one or more years
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TICKS
IXODID ticks have only NUMBER nymphal instar
ONE
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TICKS
ARGASID ticks have NUMBER nymphal instars.
TWO OR MORE
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TICKS
When stimulated by the presence of a host, they extend their forelegs anterolaterally in what is called
QUESTING
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TICKS
BLANK.... They live in the nests, burrows, caves, or other shelters used by
their hosts.
NIDICOLOUS
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TICKS
BROWN DOG TICK primary host
DOMESTIC DOG
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TICKS
BROWN DOG TICK
primary vector of Rickettsia conorii, which causes Mediterranean spotted
fever or BLANK fever
BOUTONNEUSE FEVER
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TICKS
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primary vector of Rickettsia conorii, which causes Mediterranean spotted
fever or Boutonneuse fever
BROWN DOG TICK
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TICKS
Rickettsia rickettsii
ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER
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TICKS
AMERICAN DOG TICK major vector of
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tularemia(Francisella tularensis)
anaplasmosis (Anaplasma marginale)
tick paralysis in dogs and humans
ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER
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TICKS
AMERICAN DOG TICK major vector of
R. rickettsii Rocky Mountain spotted fever
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anaplasmosis (Anaplasma marginale)
tick paralysis in dogs and humans
TULAREMIA
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TICKS
AMERICAN DOG TICK major vector of
R. rickettsii Rocky Mountain spotted fever
tularemia(Francisella tularensis)
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tick paralysis in dogs and humans
ANAPLASMOSIS
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TICKS
AMERICAN DOG TICK major vector of
R. rickettsii Rocky Mountain spotted fever
tularemia(Francisella tularensis)
anaplasmosis (Anaplasma marginale)
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TICK PARALYSIS
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TICKS
BLACK LEGGED TICK
the stage most likely to transmit
Lyme disease spirochetes to people, are active in late
spring and early summer
NYMPHAL STAGE
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TICKS
BLACK LEGGED DEER TICK
Ixodes scapularis is the primary vector of the
BLANK spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi
LYME DISEASE
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BLACK LEGGED DEER TICK
vector of the protozoan Babesia microti that causes BLANK BLANK, and
Anaplasma phagocytophilum, the agent of human granulocytic anaplasmosis
HUMAN BABESIOSIS
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BLACK LEGGED DEER TICK
an important vector of BLANK virus (Flaviviridae),
sometimes reported as deer tick virus
POWASSAN
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one of the most notorious tick pest species in the United
States
LONE STAR TICK
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LONE STAR TICK
vector of BLANK ehrlichiosis, as well as tulararemia
HUMAN EHRLICHIOSIS
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LONE STAR TICK
vector of BLANK ehrlichiosis, as well as tulararemia
HUMAN EHRLICHIOSIS
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