The Main Kinds of Pest and Disease-Carrying Arthropods
|
Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Examples |
Blood-feeding |
|
Animalia |
Arthropoda |
Arachnida |
Acarina |
ticks and mites |
yes |
|
|
|
|
Araneida |
spiders |
no |
|
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|
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Scorpionida |
scorpions |
no |
|
|
|
Insecta |
Anoplura |
lice |
yes |
|
|
|
|
Diptera |
mosquitoes, flies |
yes |
|
|
|
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Hemiptera |
bugs |
yes |
|
|
|
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Hymenoptera |
bees, wasps |
no |
|
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Siphonaptera |
fleas |
yes | |
