Order Siphonaptera Flashcards
Siphonaptera characteristics
1) small
2) wingless insects
3) body is laterally compressed
4) brown in color
5) Male and female are blood sucking
6) eyes are simple
7) thorax has 3 segments & abdomen has 10 segments
8) 9th segment of both male and female bears pydigium or sensillum
Ninth segment of both male and female bears a dorsal pin-cushion like plate called
pydigium or sensillum
In the male, the tergum of the 9th segment is modified to form the _______, which holds the female during copulation.
claspers
chitinous and coiled
Aedeagus (penis)
Female flea has spermatheca in which region?
region of the 9th segment
stabilized protein with highly elastic properties
resilin
large spines or stiff bristles
comb or ctenidia
large spines or stiff bristles on the cheek or genal
genal comb
large spines or stiff bristles on the posterior border of the 1st thoracic segment
pronotal comb
It divides the head into frons (anterior) and occiput (posterior) portions.
antennal groove
Mouthparts of Order Siphonaptera (fleas or pulgas) consist of what?
epipharynx
laciniae of the first maxilla
mandibles
These are not markedly host specific.
Fleas
Families under Order Siphonaptera
Family Pulicidae
Family Ceratophyllidae
Family Leptopsyllidae
SN of “stick tight or burrowing flea”
Echidnophaga gallinacea
Common name of Echidnophaga gallinacea
“stick tight or burrowing flea”
SN of sand flea, jiggers, or chigoe
Tunga penetrans
CN of Tunga penetrans
sand flea, jiggers, or chigoe
SN of human flea
Pulex irritans