PR Notice 2023-01; Appendix
| Arthropod Pests | ||
| Pest | Scientific Name | Public Health Importance/ Possible Clinical Significance |
| ARACHNIDS | ||
| Ixodida | ||
| Soft Ticks | Argasidae | |
| Relapsing fever ticks (and allied species) | Ornithodoros turicata | Tick-borne relapsing fever |
| Ornithodoros hermsi | ||
| Ornithodoros parkeri | ||
| Hard Ticks | Ixodidae | |
| American dog tick | Dermacentor variabilis | Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Tularemia, tick paralysis, |
| Rocky Mountain wood tick | Dermacentor andersoni | Colorado tick fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Tularemia, tick paralysis, |
| Pacific Coast tick | Dermacentor occidentalis | Pacific Coast tick fever |
| Western blacklegged tick | Ixodes pacificus | Anaplasmosis, Borrelia miyamotoi disease, Lyme disease |
| Blacklegged tick (deer tick) | Ixodes scapularis | Anaplasmosis, Borrelia miyamotoi disease, Lyme disease, Babesiosis, Powassan encephalitis |
| Brown dog tick | Rhipicephalus sanguineus | Rocky Mountain spotted fever |
| Lone star tick | Amblyomma americanum | Ehrlichiosis, Bourbon virus disease, Heartland virus disease, Alpha-gal syndrome (red meat allergy) |
| Gulf Coast tick | Amblyomma maculatum | Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis |
| Trombidiformes | ||
| Chigger mites | Trombiculidae | |
| Common chiggers | Eutrombicula spp. | Dermatitis with risk of secondary infection |
| Follicle mites | Demodicidae | |
| Dog follicle mite | Demodex canis | Scabies |
| Human follicle mites | Demodex brevis | Roseacea, Demodicosis, Demodicidosis, eye infections |
| Demodex folliculorum | ||
| Sarcoptiformes | ||
| Dust mites | Pyroglyphidae | |
| American house dust mite | Dermatophagoides farina | Allergic reaction, Asthma |
| European house dust mite | Chorioptes pteronyssinus | |
| Itch mites | Sarcopidae | |
| Scabies mite | Sarcoptes scabiei | Scabies |
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