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Title

Medical and veterinary entomology / edited by D.S. Kettle.

Author

Kettle, D. S. (Douglas Stewart)

Publication

Wallingford : CAB International, [1995], ©1995.

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Description

viii, 725 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm

Summary

• The first edition of this book, published in 1984, established itself internationally as a standard text in medical and veterinary entomology. This new edition retains the same overall aims and structure but has been thoroughly revised to take account of new advances in the subject.
• The main focus of the book is on the general biology of insects and the Acari (mites and ticks) of medical and veterinary importance, together with brief descriptions of their taxonomy and of the diseases they transmit.
• The book is divided into three parts: the first provides a general introduction to the classification, structure and function of the relevant insects and Acari; the second covers, in seventeen chapters, the main groups of insects and acarines of medical and veterinary importance, from the Culicidae (mosquitoes) to the Ixodidae (hard ticks); part three then provides an overview of those diseases of which the pathogens are transmitted by insects or acarines.
• The book will continue to serve as a major reference text for students taking courses in zoology, tropical medicine, veterinary science, entomology and parasitology, as well as for professionals working in both pure and applied entomology.

Subjects

• Veterinary entomology
• Acari
• Insects
• Arthropod vectors
• Insects as carriers of disease
• Insect Vectors
• Insecta

Note

• Previous ed.: London : Croom Helm, c1984.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Introduction -- 2. Classification of Arthropoda and the Medical Importance of Groups of Minor Significance -- 3. Classification and Structure of the Diptera -- 4. Mouthparts of Insects of Medical and Veterinary Importance and Host Finding -- 5. Internal Structure and Function of Insects -- 6. Species Complexes, and Variation in Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus -- 7. Culicidae (Mosquitoes) -- 8. Ceratopogonidae (Biting Midges) -- 9. Psychodidae - Phlebotominae (Sandflies) -- 10. Simuliidae (Blackflies) -- 11. Tabanidae (Horseflies, Deer Flies, Clegs) -- 12. Glossinidae (Tsetse Flies) -- 13. Muscidae and Fanniidae (Houseflies, Stableflies) -- 14. Calliphoridae, Sarcophagidae (Blowflies) and Myiasis -- 15. Oestridae (Gad Flies, Warble Flies and Stomach Bots) -- 16. Hippoboscidae (Keds, Louse Flies) -- 17. Siphonaptera (Fleas) -- 18. Blood-sucking Hemiptera (Bugs) -- 19. Phthiraptera (Lice) -- 20. Acari - Astigmata and Oribatida (Mange Mites, Beetle Mites) --
• 21. Acari - Prostigmata and Mesostigmata (Chiggers, Blood-sucking Mites) -- 22. Ixodida - Argasidae (Soft Ticks) -- 23. Ixodida - Ixodidae (Hard Ticks) -- 24. Arboviruses -- 25. Typhus and Other Rickettsial Diseases -- 26. Relapsing Fevers, Borrelioses, Plague and Tularaemia -- 27. Malaria (Plasmodium) and Other Haemosporina (Sporozoa) -- 28. Babesiosis and Theileriosis -- 29. Trypanosomiases and Leishmaniases -- 30. Lymphatic Filariasis (Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, B. timori) -- 31. Human Onchocerciasis (Onchocerca volvulus) -- 32. Other Helminths Transmitted by Insects.

ISBN

• 0851989683 (cased)
• 0851989691 (pbk)

LCCN

gb 95091565

OCLC

• 35771111
• ocm35771111

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries