Table 1 Ectoparasites of alpaca belonging to the Phylum, Arthropoda.
Order | Family | Species | Disease |
|---|---|---|---|
Astigmata | Sarcoptidae | Sarcoptes scabiei | sarcoptic mange |
Psoroptidae | Chorioptes sp | chorioptic mange | |
Psoroptes sp | psoroptic mange (ear canker) | ||
Prostigmata | Demodicidae | Demodex sp | demodectic mange |
Metastigmata | Argasida (Soft ticks) | ||
Otobius mengnini | otitis | ||
Ixodidae (Hard ticks)1 | |||
Ixodes holocyclus | Tick paralysis | ||
Dermacentor spp | Tick toxicosis | ||
Phthiraptera | Sucking lice2 | Microthoracius spp | |
Biting lice3 | Bovicola (Damalinia) brevis | ||
Siphonaptera | Flees | Vermipsylla sp | |
Diptera (flies) | |||
Culicidae (mosquitos) | |||
Simulidae (black flies) | |||
Tabanidae | Tabanus spp (horse flies, deer fly) | ||
Muscidae | Musca domestica (house fly) | ||
M autumnalis (face fly) | |||
Stomoxys calcitrans (biting stable fly) | |||
Hydrotea spp | |||
Haematobia spp | |||
Sarcophagidae | |||
Calliphoridae | |||
(blowflies) | Calliphora sp | ||
Cochliomyia hominivorax (primary screw worm) | |||
Phaenicia spp (green blow fly) | |||
Phormia spp (black blow fly) | |||
Oestridae (Bot flies) | |||
Oestrus sp | |||
Cephenomyia sp |