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Author:   Richard C. Wilkerson (Manager, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research) ,  Yvonne-Marie Linton ,  Daniel Strickman
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Weight:   5.262kg
ISBN:  

9781421438146

ISBN 10:   1421438143
Pages:   1332
Publication Date:   16 March 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Volume 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

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This 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. * Royal Entomological Society * It is the magnum opus on all things mosquito. * Nature - Cool Green Science *

This 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. —Royal Entomological Society It is the magnum opus on all things mosquito. —Nature - Cool Green Science

This 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. It is the magnum opus on all things mosquito.

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Daniel Strickman is a consultant for the Innovative Vector Control Consortium, recently retired from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He is a coauthor of Prevention of Bug Bites, Stings, and Disease and a coeditor of two editions of Insect Repellents Handbook. Richard C. Wilkerson is a research associate in the Department of Entomology at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History. Yvonne-Marie Linton is the research director of the Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit for the United States Army and curator for the Entomology Department of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, where she is responsible for the US National Mosquito Collection.

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