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| − | <categorytree mode=pages style="float:right; clear:right; margin-left:1ex; border:1px solid gray; padding:0.7ex; background-color:white;">Arthropods</categorytree>
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| − | [[Image: flea.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Robert Hooke's famous flea from Micrographia]]
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| − | ==Classification==
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| − | [[Image:Arthropod classifiation.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Arthropod Classification - copyright nabrown RVC]] | |
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| − | [[Image:Aedes aegypti.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Aeges aegypti'' - Wikimedia Commons]]
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| − | [[Image:Flea Diagram.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Flea Diagram - Wikimedia Commons]]
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| − | The phylum arthropoda is divided into several subphylums including Chelicerata (which includes the arachnids), Myriapoda, Hexapoda (which includes the insecta), Crustacea and Trilobitomorpha. These are then divided into many classes. The two of major veterinary importance are the insecta and [[Arachnida|arachnida]] classes.
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| − | ==[[Insect Structure and Function]]==
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| − | ==Life cycles==
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| − | *Most adult female insects are '''oviparous'''
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| − | **Lay eggs which hatch after deposition
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| − | *Some adult female insects are '''viviparous'''
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| − | **Lay larvae or nymphs
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| − | **Eggs rupture in female reproductive tract
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| − | ===Simple Metamorphosis===
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| − | *Hemimetabolous
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| − | *Nymph emerges from the egg which resembles the adult but is '''sexually immature'''
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| − | *Nymph grows and undergoes several ecdyses (moults)
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| − | *Nymph becomes an adult (imago)
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| − | *E.g. Lice
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| − | ===Complex Metamorphosis===
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| − | *Holometabolous
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| − | *Larva emerges from the egg and does not resemble the adult
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| − | *Larva feeds, grows and undergoes several ecdyses
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| − | *Larvae undergoes a quiescent stage where the outer cuticle hardens to form a pupa
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| − | **Some species have a silken cocoon
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| − | *Adult develops inside the pupal case before emerging
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| − | *E.g. Fleas and dipteran flies
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| − | '''[[Fleas]]
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| − | '''[[Lice]]
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| − | '''[[Nuisance Flies]]
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| − | '''[[Biting Flies]]
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| − | '''[[Myiasis Producing Flies]]
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| − | '''[[Insecta Flashcards - WikiBugs|Insecta Flashcards]]
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| − | [[Category:Insecta]]
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