Arthropod
Taxonomy
Overview of Militarily and
Medically
Significant Arthropods
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Chilopoda
(Centipedes)
Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)
Class Insecta
Order Blattaria (Cockroaches)
Order Phthiraptera
(Lice)
Order Hemiptera
Family Reduviidae
(Kissing bugs, Assassin bugs)
Family Cimicidae
(Bed bugs)
Order Coleoptera
(Beetles)
Order Siphonaptera
(Fleas)
Order Diptera
(Flies)
Family Culicidae
(Mosquitoes)
Subfamily Anophelinae
(Anopheles sp.,
Bironella sp., Chagasia sp.)
Subfamily Culicinae
(Aedes sp., Culex
sp., Culiseta sp., Coquillettidia sp., Deinocerites sp., Psorophra
sp., Mansonia
sp., Ochlerotatus sp., Orthpodomyia sp., Wyeomyia sp., Uranotaenia sp.)
Subfamily Toxorhynchitinae
(Toxorhynchites sp.)
Family Simuliidae
(Black flies)
Family Tabanidae
Subfamily Chrysopsinae
(Deer flies,
Chrysops
sp.)
Subfamily Tabaninae
(Horse flies,
Tabanus
sp.)
Family Muscidae
(Filth flies)
Family Glossinidae
(Tsetse flies)
Family Calliphoridae (Blow
flies)
Family Sarcophagidae
(Flesh
flies)
Family Ceratopogonidae
(Biting Midges)
Family Psychodidae
(Sand flies)
Order Lepidoptera
(Moths and Butterflies)
Order Hymenoptera
(Ants, Wasps, and Bees)
Class Arachnida
Order Araneae
(Spiders)
Order Scorpionida
(Scorpions)
Subclass Acari
(Mites and Ticks)
Order Ixodida
Family Argasidae
(Soft
ticks)
Family Ixodidae
(Hard ticks)
Order Prostigmata
Family Trombiculidae
(Chiggers)
Family Democidae
(Hair follicle mite)
Order Astigmata
Family Sarcoptidae
(Scabies mites)
Family Pyroglyphidae
(Dust mites)
Order Mesostigmata (Other
Mites)
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