Order Diptera, Family Tabanidae, Family Musidae

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1.

What is the Order for flies?
2.

What is the family for Tabanus and Chrysops?
3.

What is the genus for the horse fly?
4.

What is the genus for deer fly?
5.

What is the genus for the blood drinkers of flies?
6.

What is the common name for Tabanus?
7.

What is the common name for Chrysops?
8.

What is the common name for Hematopota?
9.

What is the parasitic stage of those in Tabanus, Chrysops, or Hematopota?
10.

What is the preferred host of flies?
- A.
  
  Horses and cows
- B.
  
  Horses and cows but will feed on any mammal
- C.
  
  Dogs and cats
11.

What is the preferred environment of flies?
- A.
  
  Any water source, including streams and ponds
- B.
  
  Dry land
- C.
  
  None of the above
12.

What pathologies will flies cause?
- A.
  
  Worry and panic, painful bite wounds, anemia, anthrax, EIA, pasteurellosis
- B.
  
  Annoyance
- C.
  
  Stupidity
13.

What are flies a vector of?
14.

What is the family for dipterans that feed on tears, mucus, and saliva?
15.

What is the scientific name for house fly?
16.

What is the genus for house fly?
17.

What is the species for house fly?
18.

What is the scientific name for house fly?
19.

What is the genus for face flies?
20.

What is the species for face flies?
21.

What is the common name for Musca autumnnalis?
22.

What is the common name for Musca domestica?
23.

What type of parasite is the house fly?
24.

What type of foods appeal to Musca domestica?
- A.
  
  Meat or plant ooze, open wounds, not a blood feeder, cause myiasis
- B.
  
  Eye, nose, mouth, and wound secretions of horses and cows, eat residual blood
- C.
  
  Blood suckers
25.

What type of foods appeal to Musca autumnalis?
- A.
  
  Meat or plant ooze, open wounds, not a blood feeder, cause myiasis
- B.
  
  Eye, nose, mouth, and wound secretions of horses and cows, eat residual blood
- C.
  
  Blood suckers