Key-catalogue of insects of importance in public health / by C.W. Stiles and Albert Hassall.

  • Charles Wardell Stiles
Date:
[1928]
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Credit: Key-catalogue of insects of importance in public health / by C.W. Stiles and Albert Hassall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    except on very thin skin and children, fide R. Bl., 1890a, 589. Cap¬ tured on human excreta. Europe*; introduced, cities along Atlantic seaboard, U. S. A. 1677 (1664). Subf. *Dolichoderinae Forel.—{C. 25a, 941, 945.] See fl678. 1678 (1679). *Iridomyrmex Mayr, 1862, VzbGWien, v. 12 (2), 653, 702, con¬ tained 2 sp. purpurea, tsd. (1922) nitida; etd. (1903) detecta—[C. 25a, 945.] *humilis Mayr, 1868, Ann. Soc. Nat. Modena, v. 3, 164 [Hypoclinea1]: Iridomyrmex.—“ The Argentine ant.” Infants reported to have been killed by ants crawling into mouth and nasal passages. “No equal in U. S. A.” Household pest.—Brazil; Argentine; U. S. A., Louisiana,, Mississippi, California, Texas. 1679 (1678). Oecophylla Smith, 1860 or “1861”, J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Zool., London, v. 5, 101, mt. smaragdina; etd. (1903) virescens. Aecophvllam. smaragdina Fabr., 1775a, 828 [Formica1]: Oecophylla; Aecophylla“—Red ant builds nests in trees by cementing leaves together. Bite vicious, irrita¬ tion may last for several days. Ants made into a paste which is eaten (Indtfa, Burma, Borneo, Siam, N. Queensland), also made into a drink with lemon and water (N. Queensland), fide Wheeler, 1922, 329. 1680 (1664). Formicinae Lepelletier.—The typical ants. [C. 25a, 941, 946.] See f 1681. Nymphs of some ants are collected as food for pheasants, and persons collecting them develop lesions on hands, neck and chest. 1681 (1682 to 1686). *Formica Linn., 1758a, 343, 579; tsd. (1839; 1903; 1915) 2d sp. rufa Linn.; (1840) 3d sp. fusca Linn.; (18101) 1st sp. herculanea [cf. fl682].—[C. 25a, 946; B. & M. 15a, 25.] cinerea Maj^r, 1853, VzbGWien, v. 3, 281: Formica.—May cause painful bite into which poison is injected.—Suecia, Europe*; Asia; America. exsecta Nylander, 1846, Acta Soc. Sc. Fennic., v. 2 (2), 909, pi. 18, fig. 20: Formica. May cause painful bite into which poison is injected.— N. Europe*. pratensis de Geer in Retzius, 1783, Gen. Sp. Ins. Geer, 75: Formica.—Can inject a poison some distance, occasionally reported as reaching the eye. rufa Linn., 1758a, 580: Formica*.—Can inject a poison some distance, occasionally reported as reaching the eye. rufibarbis Fabr., 1793, Ent. Syst., 355: Formica.—May cause painful bite into which poison is injected.—Gallia*. sanguinea Latr., 1798, J. Sante Bordeaux, v. 3, 141 [nv]; Formica.—“The blood-red slave-maker.”—May cause painful bite into which poison is injected. truncicola Nylander, 1846, Acta Soc. Sc. Fennic., v. 2 (2), 907: Formica.— Can inject a poison some distance, occasionally reported as reaching the eye.—Fennia*. 1683 (1681). *Camponotus Mayr, 1861, Eur. Formiciden, 25, 35; tsd. (1903; 1915) ligniperda; tsd. (1922) herculeana— [C. 25a, 946; B. & M. 15a, 25.] *melleusB Say, 1836 (1859), Boston J. Nat. Hist., v. 1, 286 (731) [Formica1]: Camponotus. On cadaver, 19 yrs., 2 mos. in *grave, fide Motter, 1898a, 220, Washington, D. C.; Louisiana*.—So. castaneus Latr. *pennsylvanicus• de Geer, 1773, v. 3, 363, pi. 31, fig. 9 [Formica1]: Campo¬ notus. Large carpenter ant. Household pest. Captured on human excreta, fide Howard, 1900, PWAS, 556. Eaten by Canadian lumber¬ jacks, fide Wheeler, 1922, 329. species Brooke, 1908, Trop. Med., 122: Camponotus.—Red and black insect 114 m. long.—Powerful bite.