CLASS INSECTA

A. ORDER ORTHOPTHERA

1. Blattella (Ectobia) germanica - German cockroach, croton/water bug, European

cockroach
2. Blatta (Periplanta) orientalis - Oriental roach

B. ORDER MALLOPHAGA
B.1. SUB ORDER AMBLYCERA
1. Menopon gallinae - Shaft louse of poultry
2. Menopon phaeostomum – common louse of peacock
3. Holomenopon leucoxanthum – wet feather louse of ducks
4. Menacanthus (Eomenacanthus ) stramineus - Yellow body louse of poultry
5. Trinoton anserium – Large louse of duck and swan
6. Gyropus ovalis - Lice of guinea pigs and other rodents
7. Gliricola porcelli - Lice of guinea pigs and other rodents
8. Trimenopon hispidium - Louse of guinea pigs
9. Heterodoxus spiniger - Dog louse
10. Heterodoxus longitarsus - Kangaroo louse
11. Heterodoxus macropus – Wallabies louse

B.2. SUB ORDER ISCHNOCERA

1. Cuclotogaster (Liperus) heterographus - Head louse of poultry

2. Lipeurus caponis - Wing louse of fowls and pheasants
3. Goniodes gigas - Large chicken louse
4. Goniocotes gallinae (Goniocotes hologaster, Goniodes hologaster) - Fluff louse of
fowls, pheasants and pigeons
5. Chelopistes meleagridis (Goniodes meleagridis, Virgula meleagridis)- Large turkey
louse
6. Columbicola columbae - Slender pigeon louse of domestic and wild pigeons
7. Anaticola crassicornis/ Anaticola anseris - louse of ducks
8. Damalinia (Bovicola) bovis (Trichodectes scalaris) - Cattle chewing louse
9. Damalinia (Bovicola) equi (Trichodectes parumpilosus) – Horse chewing louse
10. Damalinia (Bovicola) ovis (Trichodectes spaerocephalus) - Sheep chewing louse
11. Damalinia (Bovicola) caprae (Trichodectes climax) – Goat chewing louse
12. Bovicola painei - Goat chewing louse
13. Damalinia limbata (Trichodectes limbatus) – louse of angora goats
14. Trichodectes canis – Dog chewing louse
15. Felicola subrostratus - Cat louse
16. Haematomyzus elephantis - Elephant louse
17. Haematomyzus hopskini – louse of wart hogs

C. ORDER SIPHUNCULATA
C.1. FAMILY HAEMATOPINIDAE
1. Haematopinus asini - Sucking louse of equine
2. Haematopinus bufali - Sucking louse of buffalo in South Africa
3. Haematopinus suis - Largest louse of pigs
4. Haematopinus eurysternus - Short - nosed cattle louse
5. Haematopinus quadripertussus – cattle louse in North America, Queensland
6. Haematopinus tuberculatus - buffalo louse

C.2. FAMILY LINOGNATHIDAE

 1. Linognathus ovillus – face louse of sheep
2. Linognathus vituli – long nosed cattle louse
3. Linognathus africanus – African blue louse of sheep
4. Linognathus pedalis – foot louse of sheep (areas with no wool)
5. Linognathus stenosis – louse of goats
6. Linognathus setosus – louse of dogs and foxes
7. Solenopotes capillatus – louse of cattle in Europe, USA and Australia
8. Microthoracius cameli – camel louse
9. Microthoracius praelongiceps – llama louse
10. Microthoracius mazzai – llama louse
11. Microthoracius minor – llama louse

C.3. FAMILY PEDICULIDAE

1. Pediculus humanus – human head and body lice
2. Pthirus pubis – human pubic or crab louse
3. Pedicinus eurygaster – louse of macaques
4. Pedicinus obstusus – louse of leaf monkeys, green monkeys and baboons
5. Pedicinus patas – louse of colobus monkeys
6. Pedicinus mjobergi – louse of howler monkeys

C.4. FAMILY HOPLOPLEURIDAE

1. Polyplax serrata – spined rat louse (common lice of laboratory mouse)
2. Polyplax spinulosa - spined rat louse (common lice of laboratory mouse)
3. Hoplopleura acanthopus – common louse of wild mice
4. Hoplopleura captiosa – common louse of house mouse
5. Hoplopleura pacifica – tropical rat louse
6. Haemodipsus ventricosus – rabbit louse

C.5. FAMILY ECHINOPHTHIRIIDAE

1. Antarctophthirus microchir – louse of sea lions

D. ORDER HEMIPTERA – True bugs

D.1. FAMILY CIMICIDAE
1. Cimex lectularius – bed bug
D.2. FAMILY REDUVIIDAE
1. Triatoma infestans – Kissing bugs

E. ORDER COLEOPTERA – beetles

1. Curculionidae – Weevils
2. Chrysomelidae - Leaf Beetles
3. Coccinellidae - Lady Beetles
4. Scarabaeidae - Scarab Beetle
5. Cicindelidae - Tiger Beetles
6. Carabidae - Ground Beetles
7. Cerambycidae - Longhorned Beetles
F. ORDER SIPHONAPTERA – fleas
1. Ctenocephalides canis - Dog flea
2. Ctenocephalides felis felis – cat flea
3. Archaepsylla erinacei – hedge hogs flea
4. Spilopsyllus cuniculi – rabbit and hare flea
5. Leptopsylla segnis – house mouse and rat flea
6. Ceratophyllus (Nosophyllus) fasciatus – northern rat flea
7. Xenopsylla cheopis – Oriental or black rat flea (transmit bubonic plague (Yersinia pestis))
 8. Pulex irritans – human flea
9. Tunga penetrans – jigger or chigoe flea (found in pig and baboon)
10. Ceratophyllus gallinae – common flea of chicken
11. Ceratophyllus columbae – common flea of domestic pigeon
12. Dasypsyllus gallinulae – flea of wild birds
13. Ceratophyllus garei – flea of water fowl
14. Echidnophaga gallinacea – stick tight flea of poultry

G. ORDER DIPTERA
G.1. SUB ORDER NEMATOCERA
G.1.1 FAMILY CULICIDAE - mosquitoes
a. Culex Mosquitoes - bite at night, nocturnal; Lay eggs in rafts on the water
surface of polluted freshwater sites and artificial containers .
1. Culex pipiens – common house mosquitoes
2. Culex quinquefasciatus – southern house mosquitoes
3. Culex tarsalis - Western Encephalitis Mosquito

b. Anopheles Mosquitoes – bite between dusk and dawn, crepuscular (twilight);

Lay eggs with floats on the surface of natural, vegetated water bodies (e.g.,
ponds, marshes, swamps).
1. Anopheles quadrimaculatus – common malaria mosquitoe
2. Anopheles maculipennis – malaria mosquitoes
3. Anopheles minimus flavirostris – common human malaria mosquitoes

c. Aedes Mosquitoes – active day biters; diurnal; causes of Zika,

Chikungunya, Yellow Fever, Dengue Fever; Lay eggs singly on or near the
surface of temporary water sources (e.g., used tires, flower pots, pools, roof
tanks).
1. Aedes aegypti – yellow fever mosquitoe, dengue, chikungunya and
yellow fever.
2. Aedes albopictus - tiger mosquito or forest mosquito
3. Aedes polynesiensis - Polynesian tiger mosquito
4. Aedes scutellaris - dengue virus carrier mosquitoe

G.1.2 FAMILY CERATOPOGONIDAE

Genus Culicoides – biting midges, no see ums, punkies; transmit blue tongue virus in
sheep and fowl pox
1. Culicoides grahami – intermediate host of filariid Dipetalonema perstans and D.
streptocara
2. Culicoides austeni – IH of filariid Dipetalonema perstans
3. Culicoides nubeculosus – IH of filariid Onchocerca cervalis of horses
4. Culicoides pungens – IH of O. gibsoni
5. Culicoides robertsi – causes Queensland itch, sweet itch, sweat itch, summer
dermatitis

G.1.3 FAMILY SIMULIIDAE – black flies or buffalo knats

1. Simulium erythrocephalum – causes generalized petechial haemorrhage on

cattle
2. Simulium indicum – potu fly in Himalayan mountains
3. Simulium columbaczense – black flies in River Danube (Killed 20,000
horses), bites causes animals to stampede
4. Simulium pecuarum – southern buffalo gnat (cause severs losses of cattle)
5. Simulium arcticum – causes severe losses of livestock milk production
6. Simulium venustum – transmit Leucocytozoon anatis of ducks
 7. Simulium rugglesi – transmit Haemoproteus nettionis to ducks and geese.
8. Simulium ornatum – IH of filariid Onchocerca gutturosa of cattle
9. Simulium damnosum – IH of filariid Onchocerca volvulus of man
10. Simulium neavei – IH of filariid Onchocerca volvulus of man
11. Simulium metallicum – IH of filariid Onchocerca volvulus of man
12. Simulium ochraceum – IH of filariid Onchocerca volvulus of man
13. Simulium callidum – IH of filariid Onchocerca volvulus of man
Species occurring in the Philippines
1. Simulium indicum
2. Simulium baltazarae
3. Simulium philippinensis
4. Simulium venustum
5. Simulium balsasae

G.1.4 FAMILY PSYCHODIDAE – moth flies, sand flies, owl midges

1. Phlebotomus papatasii
2. Phlebotomus sergenti
*sand flies, major intermediate host of Leishmania tropica (cutaneous leishmaniosis), L.
braziliensis (mucocutaneous leishmaniosis) and L. donovani (visceral leishmaniosis or
Kala-azar)

3. Phlebotomus mongolensis
4. Phlebotomus verrucarum
* transmitter of Bartonella baciliformis (Carrion's Disease) 2 forms - Oroya fever and
verruga peruana and virus of sandfly fever (=papatasi fever, three-day fever) in which transovarian
transmission is possible.
Species occurring in the Philippines
1. Phlebotomus philippinensis
2. Phlebotomus nicnic
3. Phlebotomus mangyanus
4. Phlebotomus lagunensis