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Body is segmented, chitinous exoskeleton. Which Phylum?

Arthopoda

Arachnids have mouth parts called _____ and _____ for feeding and 4 pairs of walking legs

Chelicerae, pedipalps

Respiration of Class Arachnids is through trachea and ____

Book lungs

Development is direct or indirect? Class Arachnids.

Mostly Direct

Is scorpion oviparous or viviparous?

Viviparous

The body of a tick is termed as _____

Idiosoma

It is flat, non segmented with fused cephalothorax and abdomen. Mouth parts: hypostome, pedipalps, chelicercarae.


Name the order of species.

Order Parasitiformes (ticks)

Development occurs by incomplete or complete metamorphosis in ticks?

Incomplete

Hard ticks belong to family _____

Ixodidae

Hard ticks got their name because of the structure called _____

Scutum

Spinal horny shield

Salivary secretion of ____ has anesthetics and anticoagulants.

Ticks

_____ are biological vectors of encephalitis, Lyme borreliosis, rocky mountain fever and tularemia

Ticks

Dog tick or ______ is a temporary parasite distributed in Europe and North Africa and prefers deciduous woodlands, pastures, urban parks

Ixodes ricinus

_____ tick is vector for virus encephalitis (Central European), Lyme borrelois and tularemia.

Ixodes ricinus

Taiga tick or ______ is parasite of wild and domestic animals distributed from Europe to China and Japan. It inhabits forests and is the main vector of Russian encephalitis.

Ixodes persulcatus

The taiga encephalitis affects _____

Central nervous system

Ticks can be killed by _____

Acaricides

Which tick has a light coloured shield area and inhabits steppe zone?

Dermacentor pictus

Meadow tick

This tick is vector for encephalitis, tularemia, North Asian typhus, Lyme disease, Q fever, rocky mountain fever.

Dermacentor pictus

What differs Argasidae from Ixodidae ticks?

No scutum (The do not have Dorsal shield)

The body is gray, long and narrow in front. Beak like projection, they lack eyes.


Name the family of organism.

Argasidae

These ticks live in shelters like caves, burrows, holes.

Argasidae ticks

Ornithodoros papillipes belongs to family _____

Argasidae

The bites of ____ produces hard red wheals that reman painful for about 24 hours. They are vectors for endemic relapsing fever.

Argasidae

_____ is a vast group of very small mites which are ectoparasites for various mammals and birds.

Gamasoidae mites

Examples of gamasoidae mites are ____ and ____

Dermanyssus gallinae, liponyssoides saguineus

Chicken mite and house mouse mite

Sarcoptes scabiei causes _____

Scabies

Itch mite

The body of this mite is oval/rounded, dorsoventrally flattened, has spines and bristles.

Sarcoptes scabiei (itch mite)

Which mite is a constant human intracutaneous mite?

Itch mite (Sarcoptes scabiei)

In human body, Sarcoptes scabiei is located in ____

Epidermis of soft skin

Does Sarcoptes scabiei undergo complete or incomplete metamorphosis?

Incomplete

Diagnosis of Sarcoptes scabiei is ____

Microscopic examination of skin scrapes

Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis are the agents of disease _____

Demodicosis

_____ is a vermiform mite with females shorter and rounder than males. Long tapering abdomen with stubby legs.

Demodex folliculorum (follicle mite)

This mite has pin like mouth parts for eating skin cells and secretions of sebaceous glands.

Demodex folliculorum (follicle mite)

This disease manifests as loss of eyelashes, blackheads and non specific facial dermatitis.

Demodicosis

Diagnosis for demodex folliculorum is _____

Microscoping purulent content of pimples or eyelash

The house dust mites of ______ family are responsible for house dust allergy.

Pyroglyphidae

The most common species of house dust mites are _____ and _____

Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus,


D. Farinea