MEDICAL ARACHNOENTOMOLOGY

Questions:Medical arachnoentomology. Phylum

Arthropoda.General characteristics, classification, medicalimportance.Ticks - pathogens, vectors and naturalreservoirs of pathogens. Sarcoptes scabiei,Demodex folliculorum.Family Ixodidae (hard ticks): morphologicalfeatures, life cycles, methods of fighting andcontrol of ticks.

Class Іnsecta. – Order of lice (Anoplura). Species: head louse (Pediculus

humanus capitis), body louse (P.humanus humanus), crablouse (Phthirus pubis).

– Order of fleas (Siphonaptera). Species: human flea (Pulexirritans), rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis).

– Order of bugs (Hemiptera). Species: bedbug (Cimexlectularius), “kissing bug” (Triatoma infestans).

– Order of cockroaches (Blattoidea). Species: black cockroach(Blatta orientalis), red cockroach (Blattella germanica).

– Order Diptera: Mosquitoes: Culex, Anopheles, Aёdes, flies:Wohlfahrtia magnifica, tse-tse fly (Glossina palpalis),housefly (Musca domestica). Mosquitoes: genusPhlebotomus.

How to properly to remove a tick

Ixodes ricinus

Ixodes persulcatus

Demodex folliculorum

Lice (Phthiraptera)

Bugs (Heteroptera)Bed bugs (Cimex lectularius)

“Kissing bugs” (Triatoma infestans)

Cockroaches (Blattoidea)