Head
= Thanguer in hope
aie of simple eyes (beck)
<3 segmented pair of ortene
Biting and sveking mouthparts
"Some species have arm of powerful tothe
pres in lower border ofthe hend
= Some species have GENAL COMB
(inportont in identification of sp)
(Head
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Thorex |
= Consists of three segments
- Some species have a comb along the posterior
margin of the first thoracic segment
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«ite prodice localize inflammatory reactions on
‘beth Feet end on lewer legs3/22/2017
2, Tunga penetrans (Sand flea)
|. known os goer flea
Attocks enimals and human
|. Found in South America and Africa mainly
|. Both d & @ ore bleod suckers
|. oes rot transmit any disease but o ruisarce
|. burrows into the skin (tes)
> ieitation > 2ry infections
one fot by brrowig @ fencle
flea for eg laying
+ Usucly Adit ard larval fleas lve inthe so
Fecundated femoles penetrate the soft skin onthe
toe web spaces
|. They become gravid
- The swollen abdomen s full of egzs ond embeded
inthe skin
- Kags ore laid to the exterior and the 9 flea dies
3. Xenopsylla (tropical rot flea)
+ Notural host is rat
+ Vector of bubonic plague and flea borne typhus.
+ About 2-3 sp, are important in the transmission of
bubonic plagve
1X. cheopis X astea
X, brazilensie
(% cheopisis the mein vector for mar)
‘Mesopleural rod
(No combs
+ Feci of syhatic plague are krown in Tei, China,
parts of Russa. S. Ameria and in African countries3/22/2017
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FLIES
- Belongs to the Order Diprere
|. Possess wings
Thvelved in disease transmission - man and animols
= Mechanical (House fly)”
Biological
- Few species of flies couse myiasis
ty eta psc carrier poteges rot unerges cligstery
cre dercopnart nthe
blood sucking ii
Phlebotomus= Sandtles
Simutum= Black fly
Tobe
Sromoxys: Stable Fes
[Tsetse Flies
‘Glossina sp.
ileal vectors of ryparsomisis-insb-Scheron
nine
Fld hic mings completely en theyre resting oe wa
ste ecivan opt the oer)
[Send fly
Hwogerers- 1 Phleboromus (ined weld)
2 Latzomyta (von wor)
Disease ranenited: Leishmaniasis (Leishman)
Send fy fever (or)
Fenele Feed on lod. They ee oa feeder which suck
biod rom asl wound they make nthe skin Bites
point
Thee odie are densely covered in ly has
Adit move in short jerky hops.arcereuty
‘noah par
“beret toe meching wp hod oe sma ht
Wiras
= Have ofly one pair of wings
The i por is reduced femal
‘= ids nfght stably
Has characterise mig venation