Medical insects and arachnids

By:

Lane, Richard p [Editor]

Contributor(s):

Crosskey, Roger W. (Editor)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London ; New York : Chapman & Hall, 1993.Description: xv, 723 p. : illustrations mapISBN:

0412400006
9780412400001
0041240006
9780041240009

Subject(s):

Insects as carriers of disease

DDC classification:

595 MED

Contents:

General introduction / R.P. Lane and R.W. Crosskey -- Introduction to the arthropods / R.P. Lane -- Diptera -- Introduction to the diptera / R.W. Crosskey -- Sandflies (Phlebotominae) / R.P. Lane -- Mosquitoes (Culicidae) / M.W. Service -- Blackflies (Simuliidae) / R.W. Crosskey -- Biting midges (Ceratopogonidae) / John Boorman -- Horse-flies, deer-flies and clegs (Tabanidae) / John E. Chainey -- Tsetse-flies (Glossinidae) / A.M. Jordan -- Stable-flies and horn-flies (bloodsucking Muscidae) / R.W. Crosskey -- House-flies, blow-flies and their allies (calyptrate Diptera) / R.W. Crosskey and R.P. Lane -- Diptera causing myiasis in man / Martin J.R. Hall and Kenneth G.V. Smith -- Other insects -- Cockroaches (Blattaria) / N.R.H. Burgess -- Bedbugs and kissing-bugs (bloodsucking Hemiptera) / C.J. Schofield and W.R. Dolling -- Lice (Anoplura) / Joanna Ibarra -- Fleas (Siphonaptera) / Robert E. Lewis -- Insects of minor medical importance / Kenneth G.V. Smith -- Arachnids -- Ticks and mites (Acari) / M.R.G. Varma -- Spiders and scorpions (Araneae and scorpiones) / J.L. Cloudsley-Thompson.

Summary: Provides information on both the identification and practical aspects of tropical and western insects and arthropods.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Reference Books	Main Library Reference	Reference	595 MED (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		005073

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Includes index.

General introduction / R.P. Lane and R.W. Crosskey --
Introduction to the arthropods / R.P. Lane --
Diptera --
Introduction to the diptera / R.W. Crosskey --
Sandflies (Phlebotominae) / R.P. Lane --
Mosquitoes (Culicidae) / M.W. Service --
Blackflies (Simuliidae) / R.W. Crosskey --
Biting midges (Ceratopogonidae) / John Boorman --
Horse-flies, deer-flies and clegs (Tabanidae) / John E. Chainey --
Tsetse-flies (Glossinidae) / A.M. Jordan --
Stable-flies and horn-flies (bloodsucking Muscidae) / R.W. Crosskey --
House-flies, blow-flies and their allies (calyptrate Diptera) / R.W. Crosskey and R.P. Lane --
Diptera causing myiasis in man / Martin J.R. Hall and Kenneth G.V. Smith --
Other insects --
Cockroaches (Blattaria) / N.R.H. Burgess --
Bedbugs and kissing-bugs (bloodsucking Hemiptera) / C.J. Schofield and W.R. Dolling --
Lice (Anoplura) / Joanna Ibarra --
Fleas (Siphonaptera) / Robert E. Lewis --
Insects of minor medical importance / Kenneth G.V. Smith --
Arachnids --
Ticks and mites (Acari) / M.R.G. Varma --
Spiders and scorpions (Araneae and scorpiones) / J.L. Cloudsley-Thompson.

Provides information on both the identification and practical aspects of tropical and western insects and arthropods.

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