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University of São Paulo
Institute of Biomedical Sciences

Department of Parasitology
Marcelo de Campos Pereira, PhD 
 

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  Taxonomy
           1. Taxonomic classification
                 . Phylum  Arthropoda
                    . Subphylum Mandibulata
                               . Superclass Hexapoda
                                     . Class Insecta
                                           . Orders:
                                                  . Mallophaga (chewing lice)
                                                                      . Suborders:
                                                                              . Amblycera
                                                                       - Menacanthus stramineus (chicken body louse)
                                                                               . Ischnocera
                                                                       - Goniocotes gallinae (fluff louse)
                                                                       - Goniodes gigas
                                                                       - Lipeurus caponis (wing louse)
                                                                       - Damalinia equi (horse biting louse)
                                                                       - Trichodectes canis (dog biting louse)
                                                                       - Felicola subrostrata (cat biting louse)

                                                  . Anoplura (sucking lice)
                                                                                . Haematopinidae (short-nosed lice)
                                                                       - Haematopinus quadripertusus (cattle tail louse)
                                                                       - Haematopinus tuberculatus
                                                                       - Haematopinus suis (hog louse)
                                                                                . Linognathidae (long-nosed lice)
                                                                       - Linognathus setosus
                                                                 . Pediculidae
                                                                        - Pediculus spp (human lice)

                                                  . Hemiptera (blood sucking bugs, true bugs)
                                                                                . Reduviidae (cone-nose bugs)
                                                                        - Panstrongylus megistus
                                                                        - Triatoma infestans
                                                                        - Rhodnius prolixus
                                                                 . Cimicidae (bed bugs)
                                                                        - Cimex hemipterus
                                                                        - Cimex lectularius

                                                  . Siphonaptera (fleas)
                                                                                . Pulicidae
                                                                        - Ctenocephalides felis felis (cat flea)
                                                                        - Ctenocephalides canis (dog flea)
                                                                        - Pulex irritans (human flea)
                                                                        - Xenopsylla brasiliensis
                                                                  . Tungidae
                                                                        - Tunga penetrans (chigoe, sand flea)

                                                  . Diptera (flies, mosquitoes)
                                                                     . Suborders:
                                                                        . Nematocera
                                                                  . Culicidae (mosquitoes)
                                                                        - Anopheles darlingi
                                                                        - Anopheles (K.) cruzi
                                                          . Brachycera
                                                                  . Tabanids (horse flies)
                                                          . Cyclorrhapha (flies)
                                                                  . Muscidae
                                                                         - Musca domestica (house fly)
                                                                         - Muscina stabulans (false stable fly)
                                                                         - Fannia sp (little house flies, latrine flies)
                                                                         - Stomoxys calcitrans (stable fly)
                                                                         - Haematobia irritans (horn fly)
                                                                   . Sarcophagidae
                                                                         - Sarcophaga sp (flesh flies)
                                                                   . Calliphoridae (blow flies)
                                                                         - Cochliomyia hominivorax (screwwowm fly)
                                                                         - Chrysomya spp
                                                                         - Lucilia sericata (greenbottle fly)
                                                                   . Oestridae (bot flies)
                                                                         - Dermatobia hominis (warble fly)
                                                                         - Gasterophilus spp (stomach bot flies)
                                                                         - Oestrus ovis (sheep nasal bot fly)
                                                                   . Hippoboscidae
                                                                         - Melophagus ovinus (sheep ked fly)
                        . Subphilum Chelicerata
                               . Class Arachnida
                                     . Subclass Acari (ticks and mites)
                                            . Suborders:

                                                   . Metastigmata (ticks)
                                                                                    .Ixodidae (hard ticks)
                                                                         - Boophilus microplus (southern cattle tick)
                                                                         - Amblyomma cajennense (cayenne tick)
                                                                         - Rhipicephalus sanguineus (brown dog tick)
                                                                         - Dermacentor nitens (tropical horse tick)
                                                                   .Argasidae (soft ticks)
                                                                                             - Argas miniatus (fowl tick)
                                                                          - Ornithodorus sp (sand tampans)

                                                   . Mesostigmata
                                                                   . Dermanyssidae
                                                                         - Dermanyssus gallinae (red chicken mite)
                                                                   . Macronyssidae
                                                                         - Ornithonyssus sylviarum (northern fowl mite)
                                                                         - Ornithonyssus bursa (tropical fowl mite)
                                                                   . Macrochelidae
                                                                         - Macrocheles muscaedomesticae (house fly mite)
                                                   . Prostigmata
                                                                   . Demodicidae
                                                                         - Demodex canis (dog follicle mite)
                                                   . Astigmata
                                                                                  . Sarcoptidae
                                                                         - Sarcoptes scabiei (itch mite)
                                                                         - Notoedres cati (mange mite)
                                                                         - Knemidocoptes spp (scaly mite,depluming mite)
                                                                  . Psoroptidae
                                                                         - Psoroptes spp (scab mite)
                                                                         - Otodectes cynotis (ear mite)
                                                                         - Chorioptes bovis (chorioptic mange mite)
                                                                 . Listrophoridae
                                                                                            - Lynxacarus radovskyi (cat fur mite)
                                                                 . Analgidae (feather mites)
                                                                          - Megninia ginglymura
                        . Other Arthropods

 


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