Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Upper-level undergraduate and graduate/postgraduate students are the primary audience for this textbook in association with accompanying courses in Medical Entomology, Veterinary Entomology, Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Public Health Entomology, Wildlife Entomology, Vector-Borne Diseases and Emerging Diseases. These courses are taught in various (mainly University) departments including those that specialize in Biology, Zoology, Entomology, Parasitology and Public Health. Students in Colleges of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine are another target audience as are practicing physicians, veterinarians, general entomologists, parasitologists, epidemiologists, and wildlife biologists.

Captures the recent and important new developments for many arthropod groups and the pathogens/parasites they transmitCovers recent advances in molecular techniquesIncludes figures (approximately one-third new to the edition) from the work available for download by instructors for teaching purposes

1. Introduction 2. Morphological Adaptations of Parasitic Arthropods 3. Arthropod Toxins and Venoms 4. Epidemiology of Vector-Borne Diseases 5. Forensic Entomology 6. Cockroaches (Blattaria) 7. Lice (Phthiraptera) 8. True Bugs (Hemiptera) 9. Beetles (Coleoptera) 10. Fleas (Siphonaptera) 11. Flies (Diptera) 12. Phlebotomine Sand Flies and Moth Flies (Psychodidae) 13. Biting Midges (Ceratopogonidae) 14. Black Flies (Simuliidae) 15. Mosquitoes (Culicidae) 16. Horse Flies and Deer Flies (Tabanidae) 17. Muscid Flies (Muscidae) 18. Tsetse Flies (Glossinidae) 19. Myiasis (Muscoidea, Oestroidea) 20. Louse Flies, Keds, and Bat Flies (Hippoboscoidea) 21. Moths and Butterflies (Lepidoptera) 22. Ants, Wasps, and Bees (Hymenoptera) 23. Scorpions (Scorpiones) 24. Solpugids (Solifugae) 25. Spiders (Araneae) 26. Mites (Acari) 27. Ticks (Ixodida) 28. Molecular Tools Used in Medical and Veterinary Entomology Appendix: Arthropod-Related Viruses of Medical and Veterinary Importance