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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    columbariusi Jenyne, 1839, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., v. 3, 242, 244: Cimex; Acanthia0; Clinocoris0.—Can attack man; normally on pigeons. hemipterus Fabr., 1803, Syst. Rhyng., 113 [cf. rotundatus]: Cimex.—America meridionals.—Reported as carrier of: f88 Leishmania donovani, L. tropica; f95 Schizotrypanum cruzi; fl42d Borrelia carteri.—Common bed-bng of Amazon Valley, probably introduced from Africa. Hectularius Linn., 1758a, 441: Cimex; Acanthia°; Clinocoris°; Klino- philos0. Beds. Bites. This bed-bug has been accused of acting as carrier of many infections, but some of these views are speculative: carcinoma, sarcoma, leukemia, experiments negative (Thompson, 1914); Bacillus anthracis dies in intestine in 5 to 6 days (Nuttall experi¬ ments negative); B. leprae reported to live 16 days in intestine; B. pestis (remains virulent 45 to 48 days (Bacot, 1915); transmission experiments negative (Nuttall); cf., however, Verjbitsky, 1918 (trans¬ mission by bite and scratch); Jordansky & Klodnitzky, 1908; 1910; case (Yamagawa, 1897); B. tuberculosis, satisfactory experimental evidence lacking; B. typhosus evidence not convincing; Bacterium tularense experimental (Francis); Micrococcus melitensis, transmission experiments negative (Ross & Lewick); Pneumococcus, transmission experiments negative (Andr6); Streptococcus, disappears rapidly (Andr6); |88 Leishmania tropica, reported as carrier of; f94 Trypanosoma1 brucei, infective 3 to 4 days; T. duttoni, of mouse, development obtained; T. gambiense, 4 days; f95 Schizotrypanum cruzi, develops; fl42d Borrelia duttoni, lives 7 days; B. recurrentis, experimentally lives 3 to 5 days; f444 Onchocerca volvulus (negative); f446 Wuchereria bancrofti (negative). pipistrelli Jen., 1839, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., v. 3, 243-244: Cimex; Clino¬ coris.0—Reported attacking man; normally in bats’ nests.—Europe. ♦pipistrelli h ° of Chittenden, 1898, Bull. 18, Div. Ent. U. S. D. A., 97: Cimex.—So. pilosellus Horv., 1910, 12. rotundatus Sign., 1852 [nv]: Cimex; Acanthia °; Clinocoris.0—Reported as carrier of: f88 Leishmania Cl)donovani (intestine; Wenyon, 1912); f88 L. tropica (cf. Patton, 1907); |95 Schizotrypanum cruzi (develops well, Brumpt, 1913); f 142d Borrelia recurrentis (mechanical transmission of recurrent fever); negative for Bacillus leprae (cf. Thomps., 1914); B. pestis remains virulent 38 days, but role minimal. 1134 (1133). Haematosiphon Champion, 1900, Biol. Centr. Am. Heteropt., v. 2, 337, mt. Cimex 1 inodorus. Hnodorum Duges, 1892, La Naturaleza, v. 2, 169-170, pi. 8, figs. 1-7: Haematosiphon; Clinocoris; 1 Cimex; 1 Acanthia.1—Attacks man.— Mexico*; Texas; New Mexico. 1135 (1133). Leptocimex Roubaud, 1913, Bui. Soc. ent., Paris, 349, mt. Cimex 1 boueti. boueti Brumpt, 1910a, 563, figs. 405-406 [Cimex >]: Leptocimex.—Reported as experimental carrier of f95 Schizotrypanum cruzi.—Ivory Coast* Haute-Guin^e.* 1136 (1133). Loxaspis Rothschild, 1912, BER, 363, tod. mirandus. barbarus Roubaud, 1913, Bui. Soc. ent., Paris, 350: Loxaspis; Leptocimex l.— On bats. Bites man.—Senegal; Niger, Africa. 1137 (1133). *Oeciacus St&l, 1873, Enum. Hemipt., pt. 3, 104, tod. Acanthia 1 hirundinis.—[C. 25a, 378.] [ciliatus h 8 Eversmann, 1841, Bui. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou, 359-360, pi. 6, fig. 6 [cf. Cimex ciliatus Fabr., 1775a, 706]: Acanthia; 1 Clinocoris.1— Attacks man in Kasan,* Oriental Russia.—So. hirundinis Jenyns, 1839, fide Brumpt, 1922a, 804.]