Description
Book SynopsisThe definitive reference on the biology, evolution, ecology, and diversity of all known species of the world's mosquitoes. Critical for entomologists, public health professionals, and epidemiologists across the world. Biting multiple times on two, three, or more different hosts, it is no surprise that some species of mosquitoes have co-evolved with pathogens. For humans and other animals, the result has been some of the most challenging diseases known. It has been said that Anopheles gambiae, as the primary transmitter of malaria parasites to humans, is the most dangerous animal in the world. Certainly malaria has killed more people than all the wars that ever took place. Even now, despite drugs and mosquito control, malaria claims the lives of 405,000 per year. The vast majority of mosquito species are not involved in pathogen transmission to humans, but those that are make a huge impact on global health. In this two-volume set, three of the world's leading experts on mosquito dis
Trade ReviewThis monumental pair of volumes, boldly entitled
Mosquitoes of the World, cover almost everything known about mosquitoes plus what they mean to science and humanity. The narrative text is lucid, replete with precious inferences supported by >6000 references.
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Royal Entomological SocietyIt is the magnum opus on all things mosquito.
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Nature - Cool Green ScienceTable of ContentsVolume 1
Preface
PART ONE. Biology of Mosquitoes
1. Evolution
2. Nomenclature, Classification, and Identification
3. Distribution
4. Development
5. Dormancy
6. Mosquito Movement
7. Feeding and Nutrition
8. Excretion
9. Copulation and Insemination
10. Egg Development and Oviposition
PART TWO. Mosquito Diversity, Systematics, and Medical Importance
11. Genera and Medically Important Species Pages
12. Glossary of Diagnostic Morphological Terms
Volume 2
PART THREE. Taxonomic Catalog of Culicidae
Introduction
Abbreviations Used for Type Depositories
General Publications, Family Culicidae
Taxonomic Catalog
Fossil Culicidae
Nomina Dubia
Nomina Nuda and Rejected Names
Family
Group and Other Suprageneric
Names
Informal Species Groups
Literature Cited
Index
