Medical and Veterinary Entomology

The first and second editions of Medical and Veterinary Entomology, edited by Gary R. Mullen and Lance A. Durden, published in 2002 and 2009, respectively, have been highly praised and become widely used as a textbook for classroom instruction. This fully revised third edition 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

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

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

Glossary

Taxonomic Index

Subject Index