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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    1701 (1702). Halictus Latr., 1805a, 364; tsd. (1840) 2d sp. 6-cinctus; etd. (1915) tumulorum.—[C. 25a, 978; B. & M. 15a, 29.] *disparilus Cresson, 1872, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., v. 4, 253: Halictus.— Captured on human *excreta. Accidental.—Texas*. 1702 (1701). *Xylocopa Latr., 1802b, 379; tsd. (1810; 1840; 1915) 1st sp. Apis1 violacea- [C. 25a, 981; B. & M. 15a, 30.] Type of Xylocopidae. [Not Xylocopus Cab., 1863, bird.] rufa [nv]: Xylocopa; Xylocapa™.—Large pugnacious bees.—Angola.—• Fide Wellman, 1910, Amer. Soc. Trop. Med., v. 5 (21), 13. violacea Linn., 1758a, 578 [Apis1]: Xylocopa.—The wood bee. Severe sting, fide R. Bl., 1890a, 599. 1703 (1700). Bombidae.—The Bumblebees. [C. 25a, 891, 984; B. & M. 15a, 29.] Syn. Bremidae. See fl704. 1704. Bombus Latr., 1802b, 385, mt. Apis terrestris Linn.; etd. (1840) mus- corum.—“Bumblebees.” [C. 25a, 985-987; B. & M. 15a, 29.] Syn. Bremusi Jurine, 1801, Litt. Zeitg. Intell.-Blatt., 164; Panzer. fervidus Fabr., 1798, Suppl., 274 [Apis1]: Bombus.—Bumblebee.—N. America*. hortorum Linn., 1761, Fauna Suec.-, v. 2, 424 [Apis1]: BomZms.—Bumble- bee.—“Bite” [i. e., sting] very painful. lapidarius Linn., 1758a, 579 [Apis1]: Bombus.—Sting painful. muscorum Linn., 1758a, 579 [Apis1]: Bombus.—“Bite” [i. e., sting] very painful. *pennsylvanicuse de Geer, 1773, v. 3, 575, pi. 28, fig. 12 [Apis1]: Bombus.— “Bite” [i. e., sting] very painful. Captured on human *excreta. terrestris Linn., 1758a, 578 [Apis1]: Bombus.—Illness reported, with one death, after eating honey when the insects had fed on Aconitum napellus and Aconitum lycoctonum, fide R. Bl., 1890a, 609. 1705 (1700). Apidae “Leach” in Stephens, 1829a, 370.—The Honey-bees. [C. 25a, 891, 912, 988; B. & M. 15a, 29.] 1706. Apis Linn., 1758a, 343, 575; tsd. (1839; 1840; 1915) 17th sp. mellifica [so. mellifera].—The honeybee. [C. 25a, 988; B. & M. 15a, 29.] mellifera Linn., 1758a, 576: Apis.—Honey Bee.—Old World*; Egypt. *mellificas Linn., 1761, Fs, 421; 1767, Syst. Nat., 955: Apis.—Honey from the honey-bee can result in intoxication when the bees have fed on certain poisonous plants (Azalea pontica; Rhododendrum ponticum). Sting very painful; used as a therapeutic agent in rheumatism. Captured on human *excreta.—Europe*.—So. mellifera.