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Parasite Groups

VMD

Veterinary Microbial Diseases

TIK

Tick Identification Key

 

Protozoa

Nematodes

Cestodes

Trematodes

Insects

  • Mosquitoes
    • Culex spp.
    • Anopheles spp.
  • Sandflies
    • Plebotomus
  • Blackflies
  • Midges
    • Culicoides
  • Horseflies
    • Chrysops
    • Haematopota
    • Tabanus
  • Keds
    • Hippobosca equinum (forest fly)
    • Lipoptena cervi (deer ked)
    • Melophagus ovinus (sheep ked)
  • Fleas
    • Dog
    • Hamster
    • Fowl
    • Hedgehog
    • other
  • Lice
    • human
    • pig
    • pheasant
    • roedeer
  • Bugs
    • Cimex
    • Triatome

Mites and Ticks

 

Artefacts and Pseudo parasites

 

 

 

PARASITE IMAGE COLLECTION

Mosquitoes (Culex/Anopheles)

Culex pipiens
(house mosquito)

 

culex larva
Culex pipiens, larva, dorsal aspect (note the angular siphon and spiracle, left)
culex pupa
Culex pipiens, pupa, lateral aspect
culex femaleculex eye
Culex pipiens, female head and proboscis, dorsal aspect
culex maleCulex pipiens, male head and proboscis, lateral aspect. (Note the plumose antennae)
culex femaleCulex pipiens, female whole. (note the typical resting stance and non-plumose antenna)

 

Anopheles spp.

anopheles larva
Anopheles spp., larva, lateral aspect
anopheles female
Anopheles spp., female head and proboscis, dorsal aspect
 

 

 

 


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Frank L. Ruedisueli

Nottingham Trent University

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