Medical Entomology

Arif Rahman Jabal, S.Si, M.Si

Universitas Palangka Raya

Parasit pada lahan gambut?
 Insects and their relatives

• Arthropods are numerous and diverse

– Insects (beetles, flies, moths, earwigs, aphids)
– Arachnids (spiders, ticks, mites, scorpions)
– Crustaceans (crayfish, crabs, lobsters, sowbugs)
– Centipedes, millipedes
• Exoskeleton is a hard outer shell
• Jointed appendages, segmented body
• Not arthropods: slugs, snails, earthworms
Basic insect body plan

Head

Thorax

Abdomen
 Basic insect body plan

Abdomen Thorax Head

Basic arachnid body plan

Cephalothorax

Abdomen
 Basic arachnid body plan

Abdomen

Cephalothorax
Insects Arachnids
• 3 body regions • 2 body regions
• 1 pair of antennae • No antennae
• 3 pair of legs • 4 pair of legs
• 2 pair of wings • No wings
 Insects rule the world!

• There are more insects

than all other plants and
animals combined

• There are more than 1

million different species

• 1 out of every 5 animals

is a beetle!
Why are insects so successful?
• Small size
• Multigenerational
• Flight
• Metamorphosis
• Wide variety in food
choices
• Wide variety in habitat
resources

© Marlin E. Rice
 Insect metamorphosis

Complete metamorphosis: Incomplete metamorphosis:

egg, larva, pupa, adult egg, nymph, adult
e.g., beetles, butterflies, flies e.g., grasshoppers, true bugs
Images from Cornell University, Http://nides.bc.ca/Assignments/Insects/Metamorphosis3.htm
 VEKTOR

 Vektor mekanik (diluar tubuh)

 Vektor biologis (Dalam tubuh)

Filariasis Cacat permanen

Pembengkakan

Filariasis Limfatik (KAKI GAJAH)

Laki-laki Perempuan
 VEKTOR : NYAMUK BETINA

Culex sp. Anopheles sp. Mansonia sp.

Aedes sp. Armigeres sp.

Toxorhynchites sp. (No
 Brugia malayi
Seluruh Indonesia

Brugia timori
Nusa tenggara timur

Whuchereria brancofti
Jawa, Kalimantan, Papua dan
Sumatera
PERINDUKAN NYAMUK
PENGENDALIAN HAYATI

Serangga
mandul:
Wolbachia
PENGENDALIAN BUATAN/KIMIAWI
 PENGOBATAN

 Diethyl carbamazine citrate 6 mg/kg berat

badan/hari selama 12 hari
 Ivermectin 400 µg/kg berat badan sekali dalam
satu tahun
 ivermectin 400 µg/kg berat badan + DEC 6
mg/kg berat badan sekali dalam satu tahun
Terima kasih…….