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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    orientalis Linn., 1771, Mant., v. 2, 540: Vespa.—'“The hornet.” Sting painful, fide Cast. & Chaim., 1913a, 194. vulgaris Linn., 1758a, 572: Vespa.—•“The wasp.” Sting may be serious especially when in pharynx; fatal cases not unknown, fide Latr., 1895a, 865.—Europe4. 1691 (1690). Nectarina Schuck in Swainson, 1840, Hist. Nat. Arr. Ins., 183, mt. Brachygastra analis Perty, new name for Brachygastrah, not Brachygaster Leach, 1815, Edinb. Encycl., v. 9, 142, mt. minuta, hymenopt. lecheguana Latr., 1824, Mem. Mus. Hist. nat. Paris, v. 11, 313-318 [Po- listes1]: Nectarina; Nectariniae.—Sting severe, fide Latr., 1895a, 865. The poison sting is barbed and frequently remains in the wound. If the stings are numerous death may result; death may also result from oedema of the upper respiratory passages following a sting in the pharynx; if the poison is introduced directly into the circulation death may result in half an hour. Severe illness with delirium has been reported as a result of taking honey when insects had fed on Paullinia australis.—Brazil; Paraguay. 1692 (1690). Polistes Latr., 1802b, 363; tsd. (1810) 1st sp. gallica; etd. (1915) biglumis 1758. pallipes Lepelletier, 1836, Hist. nat. Ins., v. 1, 530 [nv]: Polistes.—Well- developed sting. species Herrick, 1916, IIH, 327: Polistes.—Rarely sting. 1693 (1690). Polyfoia Lepelletier de Saint-Farbeau, 1836, Hist. nat. Ins., v. 1, 533, contained 2 sp. liliacea, fasciata. flavitarsis Sauss. et al., 1853, Etude fam. Vesp., v. 2, 199 [nv]: Polybia.—-Well developed sting.—To Megacanthopus, fide Meade-Waldo, 1911. 1694 (1642). Superf. Sphecoidea.—Sphecoid-wasps and Bees. [C. 25a, 891, 960.] See fl695. 1695. Sphecidae Leach in Samouelle, 1819, Ent. Useful Comp., 275.—The typical Sphecoid Wasps. [C. 25a, 891, 911, 962; B. & M. 15a, 28.] Seu Bembicidae “Leach”; Stephens, 1829a, 364. See fl696. 1696 (1697; 1698). Sphex Linn., 1758a, 343, 569; tsd. (date ?) 2d sp. sabulosa; (1915) 13th sp. indicus; etd. (1810; 1840) flavipennis. [C. 25a, 967.] Seu Ammophila Kirby, 1798, Trans. Linn. Soc., London, v. 4, 195; tsd. (1836) 1st sp. vulgaris; (1840) sabulosa so. vulgaris; (1915) 3d sp. hirsuta s. arenaria. Cf. Chlorion. [C. 25a, 967.] Type of Sphecinae, Dalla Torre, 1897, Cat. Hymenopt., v. 8, 378, thread-waisted wasps, species Strong, etc., 1926, 162: Sphex {Ammophila).—Stung one of passengers without provocation. 1697|(1696). Pelopaeus Latr., 1805a, v. 13, 294, contained 2 sp. spirifex, lunata. Seu Sceliphron Klug, 1801, Gesellsch. naturf. Fr. Berl., v. 3, 555-556, contained 5 sp., including spirifex, madraspatanum, lunatum, cyaneum, fuscum.—[C. 25a, 966; B. & M. 15a, 28.] *coementarius Drury, 1770, pi. 44, fig. 6, in index [Sphex1]: Pelopaeus.— “ Muddaubers.”—Well-developed sting, fide Hermes, 1915, Ent., 359.—N. Y.4 1698 (1696). Sphecius Dahlbom, 1845, Hymenopt. Eur. bor., v. 1, 154, mt. speciosus Drury.—[C. 25a, 970; B. & M. 15a, 28.] *speciosus “Say”; cf. Drury, 1773, Illust. Nat. Hist., 71, pi. 38, fig. 1 [Sphex1; cf. Stizus]: Sphecius.—“Cicada-killer.”—Very formidable. 1699 (1642). Apoidea.—The Bees. [C. 25a, 972.] See fl700. 1700 (1703; 1705). Andrenidae Leach in Samouelle, 1819, Ent. Useful Comp., 280.—The Andrenids. [C. 25a, 891, 912, 978; B. & M. 15a, 29.] See tl701.