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PR Notice 2023-01; Appendix

Arthropod Pests
Pest Scientific Name Public Health Importance/ Possible Clinical Significance
Heteroptera
True bugs
Bed bug Cimex lectularis Bites, allergic reactions
Tropical bed bug Cimex hemipterus
Masked hunter Reduvius personatus Chagas disease, allergic reactions
Large kissing bug Triatoma rubrofasciata Chagas disease, allergic reactions
Bloodsucking conenose Triatoma sanguisuga
Western bloodsucking conenose Triatoma protracta
Diptera
Horse & Deer Flies
Horse flies Tabanus spp. Painful Bite, allergic reactions, mechanical transmission of anthrax
Deer flies Chrysops spp. Painful Bite, allergic reactions, Tularemia
Calyptrate Flies
House fly Musca domestica Salmonellosis, Shigella, dysentery, myiasis, allergic reactions
Stable fly Stomoxys calcitrans
Little house fly Fannia canicularis
Horse bot fly Gasterophilus intestinalis Ocular myiasis, cutaneous myiasis
Nose bot fly Gasterophilus haemorrhoidalis
Torsalo (human bot fly) Dermatobia hominus
Sheep ked Melophagus ovinus Myiasis
Flesh flies Sarcophagidae, including Sarcophaga and Wohlfahrtia spp. Myiasis, mechanical vector of pathogens
Blow flies Calliphoridae, including Phaenicia and Calliphora spp. Myiasis, mechanical vector of pathogens
Screwworm Cochliomyia hominivorax Myiasis
Secondary screwworm Cochliomyia macellaria

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