Medical and veterinary entomology

Provides coverage of arachnids, including scorpions, solpugids, spiders, mites and ticks. This title contains chapters devoted to each group of insects or arachnids of medical-veterinary importance and the health problems they can cause including their role as vectors of pathogens. It is intended fo...

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Otros Autores: Mullen, Gary R. (Gary Richard) (-), Durden, Lance A.
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Diego, Calif. : Academic Press/Elsevier 2002.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31537169*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Epidemiology of vector-borne diseases / William K. Reisen
  • Cockroaches (Blattaria) / Richard J. Brenner
  • Lice (Phthiraptera) / Lance A. Durden
  • True bugs (Hemiptera) ; Beetles (Coleoptera) / William L. Krinsky
  • Fleas (Siphonaptera) / Lance A. Durden, Robert Traub
  • Flies (Diptera) / Robert D. Hall, Reid R. Gerhardt
  • Moth flies and sand flies (Psychodidae) / Louis C. Rutledge, Raj K. Gupta
  • Biting midges (Ceratopogonidae) / Gary R. Mullen
  • Black flies (Simuliidae) / Peter H. Adler, John W. McCreadie
  • Mosquitoes (Culicidae) / Woodbridge A. Foster, Edward D. Walker
  • Horse flies and deer flies (Tabanidae) / Bradley A. Mullens
  • Muscid flies (Muscidae) / Roger D. Moon
  • Tsetse flies (Glossinidae) / William L. Krinsky
  • Myiasis (Muscoidea, Oestroidea) / E. Paul Catts, Gary R. Mullen
  • Louse flies, keds, and related flies (Hippoboscoidea) / John E. Lloyd
  • Moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) / Gary R. Mullen
  • Ants, wasps, and bees (Hymenoptera) / Roger D. Akre, Hal C. Reed
  • Scorpions (Scorpiones) / Gary R. Mullen, Scott A. Stockwell
  • Solpugids (Solifugae) ; Spiders (Araneae) / Gary R. Mullen
  • Mites (Acari) / Gary R. Mullen, Barry M. OConnor
  • Ticks (Ixodida) / Daniel E. Sonenshine, Robert S. Lane, William L. Nicholson.