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

  • Charles Wardell Stiles
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[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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    168S (1681)^ *Lasin8i Fabr., 1804, Syst. PJe*rt., 415 [not Jurine* in Panzer tsd-(i903: i9is) ist sp- *•- *americanus Emery [nv]: Lasius; L. niger.—On human cadaver, 29 vrs. 1 mo *<» Srave, Washington, D. C., fide Motter, 1898a, 216. * 0TI’ mtk Mem' InS'’ V' 4’ 70 tThelephorus1]: Lasius.-On Mo“ er, T898Va!r214 ^ 5 *“ W' C., fide 1684 nfi8tr™mery LrUS! L■ ^.-Captured on human ‘excreta. (1681) Myrmecocystus Wesmael, 1838, Bui. Acad. r. Bruxelles, v. 5, //u, mt. M. mexicanus (operarius)C. 25a 947-948 1 *meUiger Wesmael, 1838; or Llave, 1832, Reg. trim. o. coll. M. H. L [nv]- Mwmecocystus.-Honey ants.-Used as a food by primitive peopled o as a drug in fever; honey applied to wounds, also to eyes in case 59l“w:Merxro;teColoradotain drink’ B1“ 1890a> 1685 (1681). *rogono»yrmex Mayr, 1868, Ann. Soc. Nat. Modena, 169-170; *californicus Buckley,1867, Proc. Ent. Soc., Phila., v. 6, 336 [Myrmica]: ^ogonomyrmex. Stings man and animals; alleged to kill swine.— *molefaciens Buckley, 1861, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., v. 12, 445 [Myrmica (Atta)J. Pogonomyrmex barbatus.—''‘Agricultural ant.” Pugnacious stings quite severely. Builds mound nest in fields of alfalfa, corn or cotton; allows no vegetation to grow over a considerable area around nest, fide Herrick, 1916, Ins. Inj. Household, 173.—Calif. Tex t occidentals Gresson, 1865, Proc. Ent. Soc., Phila., v. 4, 426 [Myrmica]- PogmwmyrmexMound-building prairie ant.” Large mound nests m fields of alfalfa or grain. Inflict painful wound with their stings, U S A* ’ ’ P Household- 173-Colo.,. Western plains! 1686 (1681) Teleomorium- Howard, 1900, Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., v. 2 566- Thls ,s doubtless a misprint for fl676 Tetramorium, type caespitum, q v ,eo~Cakfolil‘mr!Ann': Teteomonum.—'Captured on human ‘excreta. (1659). Pompilidae; seu Psammocharidae.—[B. & M. 15a, 26.] See fl688. ’ 1688. Salius Fabr., 1804, Syst. Piezat., 124, contained 3 sp. bicolor, unicolor, 6-punctatus. ’ species Wellman, 1910, Amer. Soc. Trop. Med., v. 5 (21), 14: Salius.— Huge wasps. Poisonous stings.—Africa. 1689 (1659). Vespidae “Leach” in Steph., 1829a, 368.—The Typical Wasps or ... , DlPloPtera- tC. 25a, 891, 910, 948; B. & M. 15a, 26.] See tl690. 1690 (1691 to 1693). Vespa Linn., 1758a, 572; tsd. (1810) 1st sp. crabro; (1839- 1840; 1915) 2d sp. vulgaris.—[C. 25a, 958-960; B. & M. 15a, 26.] Type of Vespinae, hornets and yellow-jackets. *crabro Linn., 1758a, 572: Vespa.—“The giant hornet.”—Europe4. *germanica Fabr., 1793, Ent. Syst., v. 2, 256: Vespa.—“Common yellow- jacket.” Sting, fide Herrick, 1916, Ins. Inj. Household, 325, fig. Ill, Sting painful, fide Cast. & Chaim., 1913, Trop. Med., 194.—Killiae4* Europe; America. *maculata Johansson in Linn., 1763, Amoen. Acad., 412; Scopoli, 1763, Ent. Carniol., 312: Vespa—“Bald-faced hornet.” “White-faced hornet.” Sting well developed, fide Hermes, 1915, M V Ent 359• Herrick, 1916, IIH, 325, fig. 112.—Penn.4, U. S. A.; Canada.