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Medical insects and arachnids / edited by Richard P. Lane and Roger W. Crosskey.

Title
Medical insects and arachnids / edited by Richard P. Lane and Roger W. Crosskey.
Publication
London ; New York : Chapman & Hall, [1993], ©1993.

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Additional Authors
  • Crosskey, Roger Ward.
  • Lane, Richard P.
Description
xv, 723 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
Subject
  • Arachnida as carriers of disease
  • Arachnida
  • Insecta
  • Insects as carriers of disease
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
  • 1. General introduction / R. P. Lane and R. W. Crosskey. 2. Introduction to the arthropods / R. P. Lane -- Pt. 1. Diptera. 3. Introduction to the Diptera / R. W. Crosskey. 4. Sandflies (Phlebotominae) / R. P. Lane. 5. Mosquitoes (Culicidae) / M. W. Service. 6. Blackflies (Simuliidae) / R. W. Crosskey. 7. Biting midges (Ceratopogonidae) / John Boorman. 8. Horse-flies, deer-flies and clegs (Tabanidae) / John E. Chainey. 9. Tsetse-flies (Glossinidae) / A. M. Jordan. 10. Stable-flies and horn-flies (bloodsucking Muscidae) / R. W. Crosskey. 11. House-flies, blow-flies and their allies (calyptrate Diptera) / R. W. Crosskey and R. P. Lane. 12. Diptera causing myiasis in man / Martin J. R. Hall and Kenneth G. V. Smith -- Pt. 2. Other insects. 13. Cockroaches (Blattaria) / N. R. H. Burgess. 14. Bedbugs and kissing-bugs (bloodsucking Hemiptera) / C. J. Schofield and W. R. Dolling. 15. Lice (Anoplura) / Joanna Ibarra. 16. Fleas (Siphonaptera) / Robert E. Lewis.
  • 17. Insects of minor medical importance / Kenneth G. V. Smith -- Pt. 3. Arachnids. 18. Ticks and mites (Acari) / M. R. G. Varma. 19. Spiders and scorpions (Araneae and Scorpiones) / J. L. Cloudsley-Thompson.
ISBN
0412400006 (alk. paper)
LCCN
92049000
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries