PR Notice 2023-01; Appendix
Arthropod Pests | ||
Pest | Scientific Name | Public Health Importance/ Possible Clinical Significance |
Araneae | ||
Spiders | ||
Widow spiders, including: Southern black widow Northern black widow Western black widow Brown widow |
Latrodectus mactans Latrodectus variolus Latrodectus hesperus Latrodectus geometricus |
Venomous bite |
Recluse spiders, including: Brown recluse |
Loxosceles reclusa | |
Scorpiones | ||
Scorpions | ||
Bark scorpions | Centruroides sculpturatus | Venomous sting |
Centruroides exilicauda | ||
Centruroides vittatus | ||
Chilopoda | ||
Centipedes | ||
House centipede | Scutigera coleoptrata | Venomous bite |
Florida blue centipede | Hemiscolopendra marginata | |
Scolopendra centipedes | Scolopendra spp. | |
INSECTS | ||
Blattodea | ||
Cockroaches | ||
American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | Allergic reaction, asthma, Salmonellosis, E. coli infection, hepatitis |
Australian cockroach | Periplaneta australasiae | |
Brown cockroach | Periplaneta brunnea | |
Smokybrown cockroach | Periplaneta fuliginosa | |
Brownbanded cockroach | Supella longipalpa | |
German cockroach | Blattella germanica | |
Oriental cockroach | Blatta orientalis | |
Anoplura | ||
Sucking lice | ||
Body louse (cootie) | Pediculus humanus humanus | Epidemic typhus, epidemic relapsing fever, Trench fever, dermatitis with risk of secondary infection |
Head louse | Pediculus humanus capitis | |
Crab louse (crabs) | Phithirus pubis |
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