INSECTS AS VECTORS (SPREAD OF

DISEASE)
In 2003, Dengue Fever struck various regions in Indonesia,
including Medan.
Dengue fever is caused by a type of virus, dengue virus.
This virus can enter into the human body through a kind of
mosquito. The mosquito that acts as a dengue virus vector is
Aedes aegypti.

This is one example of the role of insects as vectors.

DOG FLEA ( CTENOCEPHALIDES
CANIS)
Scientific classification
 Kingdom: Animalia
 Phylum: Arthropoda
 Class: Insecta
 Order: Siphonaptera
 Family: Pulicidae
 Genus: Ctenocephalide
 Species: C. canis
Fleas can act as vector
to transmit tapeworms
BLACK FLIES (SIMULIUM SPP)
Scientific classification
 Kingdom: Animalia
 Phylum: Arthropoda
 Class: Insecta
 Order: Diptera
 Family: Simuliidae
 Genus: Simulium
 Spesies: Simulium spp

As a vector for transmitting

oncosersiasis disease
(Onchocerca volvulus)
HOUSE FLY (MUSCA DOMESTICA)
Scientific classification
 Kingdom: Animalia
 Phylum: Arthropoda
 Class: Insecta
 Order: Diptera
 Family: Muscidae
 Genus: Musca
 Species: M. domestica

Act as vector those

causing typhoid,
cholera,salmonellosis,
bacillary dysentery, etc.
HORSE FLIES (TABANUS SPP)
Scientific classification
 Kingdom: Animalia

 Phylum: Arthropoda

 Class: Insecta

 Order: Diptera

 Family: Tabanidae

 Genus: Tabanus

 Spesies: Tabanus spp

As a vector in the
transmission of anthrax
ANOPHELES MOSQUITO
Scientific classification
 Kingdom: Animalia

 Phylum: Arthropoda

 Class: Insecta

 Order: Diptera

 Family: Culicidae

 Genus: Anopheles

 Spesies: A. Gambiae

act as vectors in the

transmission of malaria
GREEN LEAFHOPPER (
NEPHOTETTIX NIGROPICTUS)
Scientific classification
 Kingdom: Animalia
 Phylum: Arthropoda
 Class: Insecta
 Order: Hemiptera
 Family: Cicadellidae
 Genus: Nephotettix
 Species: N. Nigropictus
As a virus vector of tungro /
waika disease.
(Rice Tungro Bacilliform Virus
(RTBV) and Rice Tungro
Spherical Virus (RTSV)).
BROWN PLANTHOPPER
(NILAPARVATA LUGENS)
Scientific classification
 Kingdom: Animalia
 Phylum: Arthropoda

 Class: Insecta

 Order: Hemiptera

 Family: Delphacidae

 Genus: Nilaparvata

 Species: N. lugens

as a vector for rice grassy

stunt virus (RGSV)
Renault & Ammar (1989) and also Matthews (1991)
have reported from 15,000 plant hopper that has been
found, 49 spesies included as vector or virus transfer.

Leafhopper comes from several genus namely

Graminella, Recelia, Cicadulina, Circulifer, Nesoclutha,
Orosius, Psammotettix, Micrutalis, Dalbulus,
Aconurella, Macrosteles, Aceratagallia, Agallia,
Agalliopsis, Endria, Elymana, Laodelphax, Tarophagus,
Toya, Sogatella, Peregrinus, Ribautodelphax,
Muellerianella, Unkanodes.
Psammotettix alienus (Wheat Dwarf Virus) on Hordeum
vulgare (wheat ).
The results of the data are clearly different when
compared with the ability of Javesella pellucida as
FLSV (Festuca leaf streak virus) vector.
In this case, Lundsgaard (1999) reported that only adult
stages are capable of acting as vectors, while larval
stages fail as vectors.