Medical and Veterinary Entomology 3rd Edition PDF continues the focus on the diversity of arthropods affecting human and animal health, with separate chapters devoted to each of the taxonomic groups of insects and arachnids of medical or veterinary concern, including spiders, scorpions, mites, and ticks. Each chapter includes sections on taxonomy, morphology, life history, and behavior and ecology, with separate sections on those species of public-health and veterinary importance. Each concludes with approaches to management of pest species and prevention of arthropod-borne diseases. The third edition provides a comprehensive source for teaching medical and/or veterinary entomology at the college and university level, targeted particularly at upper-level undergraduate and graduate/postgraduate programs. In addition to its value as a student textbook, the volume has appeal to a much broader audience, specialists and non-specialists alike. It provides a key reference for biologists in general, entomologists, zoologists, parasitologists, physicians, public-health personnel, veterinarians, wildlife biologists, vector biologists, military entomologists, the general public and others seeking a readable, authoritative account on this important topic.
Completely revised and updated edition
Includes a distinguished group of 40 nationally and internationally recognized contributors
Sixteen new authors, in addition to 25 continuing contributors from the first and second editions
A new chapter on Arthropod Toxins and Venoms
Illustrated with 560, mostly color, figures and updated maps depicting the distribution of important arthropod taxa and arthropod-borne diseases
A significantly expanded and well-illustrated chapter on Molecular Tools Used in Medical and Veterinary Entomology
Coverage of emerging and newly recognized arthropod concerns, including mosquito-borne Zika and
Chikungunya viruses; tick-borne Bourbon and Heartland viruses; tick-borne rickettsioses and anaplasmosis; and red meat allergy associated with tick bites
A 1700-word Glossary
An Appendix of Arthropod-Related Viruses of Medical and Veterinary Importance
1. Introduction Lance A. Durden and Gary R. Mullen 2. Morphological Adaptations of Parasitic Arthropods Nathan D. Burkett-Cadena 3. Arthropod Toxins and Venoms Justin O. Schmidt 4. Epidemiology of Vector-Borne Diseases Christopher M. Barker and William K. Reisen 5. Forensic Entomology William L. Krinsky 6. Cockroaches (Blattaria) Richard J. Brenner and Richard D. Kramer 7. Lice (Phthiraptera) Lance A. Durden 8. True Bugs (Hemiptera) William L. Krinsky 9. Beetles (Coleoptera) William L. Krinsky 10. Fleas (Siphonaptera) Lance A. Durden and Nancy C. Hinkle 11. Flies (Diptera) Reid R. Gerhardt and Lawrence J. Hribar 12. Phlebotomine Sand Flies and Moth Flies (Psychodidae) Leonard E. Munstermann 13. Biting Midges (Ceratopogonidae) Gary R. Mullen and C. Steven Murphree 14. Black Flies (Simuliidae) Peter H. Adler and John W. McCreadie 15. Mosquitoes (Culicidae) Woodbridge A. Foster and Edward D. Walker 16. Horse Flies and Deer Flies (Tabanidae) Bradley A. Mullens 17. Muscid Flies (Muscidae) Roger D. Moon 18. Tsetse Flies (Glossinidae) William L. Krinsky 19. Myiasis (Muscoidea, Oestroidea) Philip J. Scholl, Douglas D. Colwell, and Ramon Cepeda-Palacios 20. Louse Flies, Keds, and Bat Flies (Hippoboscoidea) Will K. Reeves and John E. Lloyd 21. Moths and Butterflies (Lepidoptera) Gary R. Mullen and Jennifer M. Zaspel 22. Ants, Wasps, and Bees (Hymenoptera) Hal C. Reed and Peter J. Landolt 23. Scorpions (Scorpiones) Gary R. Mullen and W. David Sissom 24. Solpugids (Solifugae) Gary R. Mullen 25. Spiders (Araneae) Gary R. Mullen and Richard S. Vetter 26. Mites (Acari) Gary R. Mullen and Barry M. OConnor 27. Ticks (Ixodida) William L. Nicholson, Daniel E. Sonenshine, Bruce H. Noden, and Richard N. Brown 28. Molecular Tools Used in Medical and Veterinary Entomology Dana Nayduch, Rebecca Trout Fryxell, and Pia Untalan Olafson
Appendix: Arthropod-Related Viruses of Medical and Veterinary Importance
