The Encyclopedia of Medical and Veterinary Entomology

by Richard C. Russell, Domenico P. Otranto, Richard L. Wall

Overview

Updated, developed and reworked from Doug Kettle's seminal Medical and Veterinary Entomology, this major new reference presents vital information in encyclopedia format, with alphabetical entries and an extensive index to make key facts easy to find. This new treatment of the subject provides accessible content and up-to-date research, illustrated by line drawings and color photographs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780640372
Publisher:	CABI
Publication date:	07/22/2013
Pages:	440
Product dimensions:	6.80(w) x 9.70(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Richard C. Russell is Professor of Medical Entomology at The University of Sydney, and founding Director of the Department of Medical Entomology at Westmead Hospital. He has worked as a Medical Entomologist, in public health and tropical medicine, for more than 40 years, and has a broad experience with insects and other arthropods of medical importance.

Domenico P. Otranto is at University of Bari, Italy.

Richard L. Wall is at University of Bristol, UK.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction - Part 1
Introduction - Part 2
Ants
Bed bugs
Bees and wasps
Beetles
Biting midges
Black flies
Blow flies and Screw-worm flies
Butterflies and Moths (caterpillars)
Centipedes
Cockroaches
Eye flies
Fleas
Flesh flies
Horn flies
Horse flies
House flies and other non-biting (muscid) flies
Human bot fly
Keds and Louse flies
Kissing bugs
Lice (chewing)
Lice (sucking)
Millipedes
Mites
Mosquitoes
Non-biting midges
Nasal bot flies
Sand flies
Scorpions
Spiders
Stable flies
Stomach bot flies
Ticks (hard)
Ticks (soft)
Tsetse flies
Tumbu fly
Warble flies