Ticks and Mites of medical, veterinary and agricultural importance

Question 1

Subclass of arachnids that ticks and mites fall under?

Answer 1

Acari

Question 2

In which does the hypostome serve as an anchor?
Ticks
Mites

Answer 2

Ticks

Question 3

Which has a hallers organ?
Ticks
Mites

Answer 3

Ticks

Question 4

What is a soft tick?
(fam)

Answer 4

Argasidae

Question 5

What is a hard tick
(fam)

Answer 5

Idoxidae

Question 6

How many times doe female hard ticks engorge in their lifetime?

Answer 6

3 times

Question 7

what type of metamorphosis to ticks have

Answer 7

hemimetabolism
(incomplete)

Question 8

Which ticks feed for only a short time?

Answer 8

Soft ticks. Pedipalps dont penetrate the skin

Question 9

Which genus of hard ticks causes Tick-bite fever?

Answer 9

Rhipicephalus

Question 10

Which genus of hard ticks causes African tick bite fever?

Answer 10

Amblyomma

Question 11

Which genus of hard ticks causes Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever?

Answer 11

Hyalomma

Question 12

Which genus of soft ticks causes African swine fever?

Answer 12

ORNITHODOROS

Question 13

Which mite is the honey bee mite?

Answer 13

Varroa

Question 14

Which mite is the ear mite?

Answer 14

Otodectes

Question 15

Which mite is the scab mite?

Answer 15

Psoroptes

Question 16

Which mite is the mange mite?

Answer 16

Sarcoptes

Question 17

Which mite is the long mange mite?

Answer 17

Demodex

Question 18

Which mite is the house dust mite?

Answer 18

Dermatophagoides

Question 19

Name of the spider mites and what they feed on?

Answer 19

Tetranychoid
Plant matter

Question 20

which mite is Eriophyidae

Answer 20

Gall mite

Question 21

Which mite is Phytoseiidae

Answer 21

Predatory mites