Parasitology Practical Report Blok B.
4 Session 1
PARASITES CAUSING DERMATOSIS
Nama: Arya Rajavidya
NIM: 20/457703/KU/22289
Kelompok: 4 International
No. Species Figure
Order Anoplura
Pediculus humanus var. capitis
Morphology:
1. Antennae: short and thick
2. Head: Rectangular-ovoidal
3. Thorax: 3 segments
4. Abdomen: 9 segments
Pediculus humanus var. corporis
Morphology:
1. Antennae: long and slim
2. Head: Rectangular-ovoid
3. Thorax: 3 segments
4. Abdomen: 9 segments
Pthirus pubis
Morphology:
1. Head: rectangular
2. Body: crab-like
3. Legs: slimmer 1st pair of legs with
smaller claws
4. Legs: stout 2nd and 3rd pairs of legs
with larger claws
Order Siphonaptera
Tunga penetrans
Morphology:
1. Head: sharply pointed without
comb
2. Body: round, wingless
3. Characteristics: terminal spicules
Xenopsylla cheopis
Morphology:
1. Head: round without comb
2. Rod-shape thickening
(mesopleural/meral rod)
Ctenocephalides felis
Morphology:
1. Head: slopping forehead with
genal and pronotal comb
2. Characteristisc: 1st comb spine is as
long as 2nd comb spine
3. Body: laterally-flattened, wingless
Ctenocephalides canis
Morphology:
1. Head: round with genal and
pronotal comb
2. Characteristics: 1st comb spine is
shorter than 2nd comb spine
3. Body: laterally-flattened, wingless
Order Diptera
Musca domestica (adult stage)
Morphology:
1. Mouthparts: sponging
2. Eyes: large, reddish (wider
distance in females)
3. Thorax: 4 narrow black stripes;
characteristic wing venation
pattern
4. Abdomen: yellowish with dark
midline
Musca domestica (larva)
Morphology:
1. Head: cylindrical and tapered
forward
2. Mouthparts: hooks
3. Body: creamy white in color
4. Posterior abdomen: spiracles
(breathing apparatus)
Musca domestica (posterior spiracle)
Morphology:
1. D-shaped
2. Distinct sinuous slits surrounded
by a heavy sclerotized ring
3. Perforated button
Chrysomya bezziana
Adult stage morphology:
Morphology:
1. Head
2. Thorax: bluish green, shiny
3. Abdomen: There is a dark
transverse band
4. Mouthparts
5. Eyes: Big and red
6. Legs: There are 3 pairs of legs
Adult stage
Larva Morphology:
a. Head
b. Body: Vermiform shape
c. Posterior Spiracle:
i. The button area is a
bit sensitized with
an imperfect ring
ii. meandering slits
tilted down and
inwards
Larva
Posterior Spiracle
Sarcophaga hemorrhoidalis
Adult stage morphology:
1. Head
2. Thorax: Gray with 4 black
longitudinal stripes
3. Abdomen: Has a pattern like a
chessboard
4. Mouthparts Adult stage
5. Eyes: Big and red
6. Legs: There are 3 pairs of legs
Larva morphology:
a. Head
b. Body: Vermiform shape
c. Posterior Spiracle:
i. The button area is a bit sensitized
with an imperfect ring
ii. Tortuous slits with downward Larva
and outward, vertical, and
downward and downward sloping
arrangements.
Order Hemiptera
Cimex lectularius
Morphology:
1. Head: Triangular in shape with
mouthparts at the bottom
2. Thorax: Pronotum wide, prothorax
flat
3. Abdomen: Red-brown
4. Legs: Consists of 3 pairs of legs
Triatoma infestans
Morphology:
1. Head: The shape of a flat tube with
a proboscis that is shaped like a
needle
2. Thorax
3. Abdomen: There is a black yellow
pattern
4. Wings: thin and transparent
5. Legs: Consists of 3 pairs of legs
Order Acarina
Sarcoptes scabiei
Morphology:
1. Cephalothorax
2. Legs: 2 pairs anterior, 2 pairs
posterior
3. Suckers/pulvilli (in males)
Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus
Morphology:
1. Cephalothorax
2. Legs: 2 pairs of long legs and 2
pairs of short legs
Order Nematoda
Ancylostoma braziliense
Morphology:
1. 2 pairs of ventral teeth
Ancylostoma caninum
Morphology:
1. 3 pairs of ventral teeth
