Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Gary Mullen is Professor of Entomology emeritus in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology at Auburn University, AL, USA. He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in entomology at Cornell University before serving as medical entomologist and administrator of the Pennsylvania Vector Control Program, Allegheny County Health Department, Pittsburgh, PA. He joined the faculty of Auburn University in 1975 as a medical-veterinary entomologist, acarologist, and aquatic ecologist, teaching courses and conducting research at Auburn for 34 years. His major areas of research have focused on biting flies, notably mosquitoes and biting midges, and ticks as vectors of animal pathogens Lance Durden is Professor of Vector Ecology and Curator of the Insect Collection in the Department of Biology at Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, USA. He earned a Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of London, UK and has worked at Vanderbilt School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC, Auburn University in Alabama, and the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) in Frederick, Maryland. He is the author or co-author of approximately 300 peer-reviewed publications including 24 book chapters and 7 books or monographs. His research focuses on ectoparasitic arthropods and vector-borne diseases.

1 INTRODUCTION
Lance A. Durden and Gary R. Mullen
2 MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS OF PARASITIC ARTHROPODS
Nathan D. Burkett-Cadena
3 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES
William K. Reisen
4 FORENSIC ENTOMOLOGY
William L. Krinsky
5 COCKROACHES (BLATTARIA)
Richard J. Brenner and Richard D. Kramer
6 LICE (PHTHIRAPTERA)
Lance A. Durden and John E. Lloyd
7 TRUE BUGS (HEMIPTERA)
William L. Krinsky
8 BEETLES (COLEOPTERA)
William L. Krinsky
9 FLEAS (SIPHONAPTERA)
Lance A. Durden and Nancy C. Hinkle
10 FLIES (DIPTERA)
Robert D. Hall and Reid R. Gerhardt
11 MOTH FLIES AND SAND FLIES (PSYCHODIDAE)
Louis C. Rutledge and Raj K. Gupta
12 BITING MIDGES (CERATOPOGONIDAE)
Gary R. Mullen
13 BLACK FLIES (SIMULIIDAE)
Peter H. Adler and John W. McCreadie
14 MOSQUITOES (CULICIDAE)
Woodbridge A. Foster and Edward D. Walker
15 HORSE FLIES AND DEER FLIES (TABANIDAE)
Bradley A. Mullens
16 MUSCID FLIES (MUSCIDAE)
Roger D. Moon
17 TSETSE FLIES (GLOSSINIDAE)
William L. Krinsky
18 MYIASIS (MUSCOIDEA, OESTROIDEA)
Philip J. Scholl, E. Paul Catts, and Gary R. Mullen
19 LOUSE FLIES, KEDS, AND RELATED FLIES (HIPPOBOSCOIDEA)
John E. Lloyd
20 MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES (LEPIDOPTERA)
Gary R. Mullen
21 ANTS, WASPS AND BEES (HYMENOPTERA)
Hal C. Reed and Peter J. Landolt
22 SCORPIONS (SCORPIONES)
Gary R. Mullen and Scott A. Stockwell
23 SOLPUGIDS (SOLIFUGAE)
Gary R. Mullen
24 SPIDERS (ARANEAE)
Gary R. Mullen and Richard S. Vetter
25 MITES (ACARI)
Gary R. Mullen and Barry M. OConnor
26 TICKS (IXODIDA)
William L. Nicholson, Daniel E. Sonenshine, Robert S. Lane, and Gerrit Uilenberg
27 MOLECULAR TOOLS IN MEDICAL AND VETERINARY ENTOMOLOGY
Dana Nayduch

APPENDIX. ARTHROPOD-RELATED VIRUSES OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY IMPORTANCE
Michael J. Turell
GLOSSARY
TAXONOMIC INDEX
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