Medical Entomology for Students

 Medical Entomology 

Medical Entomology for Students

Contents

Introduction to mosquitoes

• External morphology 
• Life cycle 
• Classification of mosquitoes 
• Medical importance 
• Mosquito control

Anopheline mosquitoes

• External morphology 
• Life cycle 
• Medical importance 
• Control

Culicine mosquitoes

• Culex mosquitoes 
• Aedes mosquitoes 
• Haemagogus mosquitoes 
• Sabethes mosquitoes 
• Mansonia mosquitoes 
• Coquillettidia mosquitoes 
• Psorophora mosquitoes 
• Medical importance 
• Control

Black flies

• External morphology 
• Life cycle 
• Medical importance 
• Control

Phlebotomine sand flies (Phlebotominae) 

• External morphology 
• Life cycle 
• Medical importance 
• Control

Biting midges (Ceratopogonidae) 

• External morphology 
• Life cycle 
• Medical importance 
• Control

Horse flies (Tabanidae) 

• External morphology 
• Life cycle 
• Medical importance 
• Control

Tsetse flies (Glossinidae) 

• External morphology 
• Life cycle 
• Medical importance 
• Control

House flies and stable flies (Muscidae) and latrine flies

(Fanniidae) 

• The common house fly (Musca domestica) 
• The greater house fly (Muscina stabulans) 
• The stable fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) 
• The lesser or little house fly and the latrine fly(Fannia species)

Flies and myiasis 

• Types of myiasis 
• Classification 
• Calliphoridae: non-metallic flies 
• Calliphoridae: metallic flies
• Sarcophagidae: flesh flies 
• Oestridae: botflies 
• Other myiasis-producing flies

Fleas (Siphonaptera)

• External morphology 
• Life cycle 
• Medical importance 
• Tunga penetrans 
• Control of flea

Sucking lice (Anoplura) 

• The body louse (Pediculus humanus) 
• The head louse (Pediculus capitis) 
• The pubic louse (Pthirus pubis)

Bedbugs (Cimicidae) 

• External morphology 
• Life cycle 
• Medical importance 
• Control

Triatomine bugs (Triatominae

• External morphology 
• Life cycle 
• Medical importance 
• Control

Cockroaches (Blattaria) 

• External morphology
• Life cycle 
• Medical importance 
• Control

Soft ticks (Argasidae) 

• External morphology 
• Internal anatomy 
• Life cycle

Hard ticks (Ixodidae) 

• External morphology 
• Life cycle 
• Behavior and habits 
• Medical importance 
• Control 
• Further reading 

Scabies mites (Sarcoptidae) 

• External morphology 
• Life cycle 
• Recognition of scabies 
• Treatment of scabies 
• Further reading 

Scrub typhus mites (Trombiculidae) 

• External morphology 
• Life cycle 
• Ecology 
• Medical importance 
• Control 
• Further reading 

Miscellaneous mites 

• Demodicidae: follicle mites (Demodex species)
• Pyroglyphidae: house-dust mites
• (Dermatophagoides and Euroglyphus species)

Medical Entomology for Students