Mites Flashcards
members of this family are obligate parasites of rodents, bats, insectivores, and certain marsupials
A. Cnemidocoptes
B. Cheyletidae
C. Myobiidae
D. None of the above
C. Myobiidae
known as depluming itch mite burrowing into skin and feather shaft of chickens
A. Cheyletidae parasitivorax
B. Sarcoptes
C. Cnemidocoptes pilae
D. Dermacentor andersoni
E. None of the above
E. None of the above (Cnemidocoptes gallinae)
sarcoptic mange mite or scabies mites, their legs have long unjointed pedicel
Sarcoptes scabiei
True about Notoedres, except:
A. tarsal sucker on a long nd unjointed pedicel
B. anus terminal
C. body globose or spherical
d. female has suckers on legs 1 and 2
B. anus terminal (it is dorsal, sarcoptidae with terminal anus are Cnemidocoptes and Sarcoptidae)
Notoedres specie that affect ears, head, and back of the neck of cats
Notoedres cati
affects ears of rabbits with anus dorsal and subterminally, observed to be more circular than sarcoptes
A. Demodex felis
B. Raillieta auris
C. Notoedres cati var cuniculli
D. Nosopsyllus fasciatus
C. Notoedres cati var cuniculli
scaly leg mite of poultry that burrows beneath scales resulting to leg deformation
Cnemidocoptes mutans
cause scaly face and legs leading to deformation of beaks in lovebirds and parakeets
Cnemidocoptes pilae
True about Sarcoptidae, except:
A. circular in outline
B. male posterior end not bilobed
C. body globose or spherical
D. dorsum without scales or spines
D. dorsum without scales or spines
affects skin of sheep in NZ resulting to “Australian itch”
Psorergate ovis
fur mites present on dogs
A. Psorergates bos
B. Psorergates simplex
C. Cheyletiella parasitivorax
D. Cheyletiella blaket
D. Cheyletiella blaket
fur mites of cats
Cheyletiella yasguri
itch mite on cattle
Psorergates bos
Psorergates simplex
occurs in house mice
cause demodectic mange or demodicosis
Demodicidae
members of this genus transmits scrub typhus
leptotrombidium
causative agent of scrub typhus or river valley fever
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi
called as chiggers
trombiculidae
common name of trombiculidae
red bugs or tungaw
enter hair follicles and sebaceous glands and cause chronic inflammation characterized by thickening and loss of hair
Demodicidae
clinical signs could be squamous or pustular type
Demodicidae
cause thickening of the skin due to excessive keratinization and proliferation of connective tissue
A. Hyalomma truncarum
B. Psoroptidae
C. Cnemidocoptes mutans
D. Sarcoptes
D. Sarcoptes
air sac mite of fowl
Cytodites nudus
subcutaneous mite of fowl
Laminosioptes cysticola