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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    *hirundinis Jenyns, 1839, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., v. 3, 243, 244: Oeciacus; Acanthia; Clinocoris.1—Cambridgeshire; * Europe—In swallows’ nests.—Attacks man.—Harbors experimentally f95 Schizotrypanum cruzi. [*hirundinis <* Gillette & Baker, 1895, Hemipt. Colo. [Acanthia >]: Cimex.- So. vicarius.] *vicarius Horv., 1912, Ann. Mus. nat. Hung., v. 10, 261: Oeciacus.—Nor- mally a parasite of swallows, has been observed biting children._U S A.; Mexico. 1138 (1125A). *Nabidae. [C. 25a, 380; B. & M. 15a, 78.] gee 11139. 1139 (1140). *Nabis Latr., 1802b, 248; tsd. (1840; 1917) vagans Fabr.= (tsd 1915) ferns Linn.; etd. (1810; 1832; 1904) apterus. Syn. Reduviolus ‘ Kirby, 1837, 279, type inscriptus. capsiformis Germar, 1837or “1840,” Rev. Ent„ v. 5(3), 132: Nabis.—Observed at Bombay in the evening biting man.—Tropical and subtropical regions. Cape of Good Hope.4 *subcoleoptratus Kirby, 1837, 282 [Nabicula]: Nabis; Reduviolus •; Coriscus.— Sucks blood of man.—N. Y.* 1140 (1139). Aphelonotus Uhler, 1894, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, v. 13, 209 mt. simplus. simplus Uhler, 1894, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, v. 13, 209: Aphelonotus.— Attacks man without slightest provocation.—Grenada *; W. Indies. 1141 (1125A). Reduviidae Steph., 1829b, 350.—Assassin-bugs, kissing-bugs. [C. 25a, 380; B. & M. 15a, 79.] See fll42A. For keys to genera and species of U. S. A., see Riley & Johannsen 1915a, 281-284. species King, 1906, J. Trop. Med., London, 373, 1 fig.: Genus.—Sucks blood of man in Sudan. 1142A (1142B to 1154). Reduvius Fabr., 1775a, 729; tsd. (1810; 1840; 1915; 1917) personatus Linn.; etd. (1803) fuscipes Stdl.—Kissing-bug. fC. 25a' 381.] mayeti Puton [nv]: Reduvius.—Bites man occasionally.—N. Africa. *personatus Linn., 1758a, 446 [Cimex 1 (Seticornis) ]: Reduvius; Opiscoetus.—- “Cannibal bug”; “masked bed-bug hunter.” [C. 25a, 381.] Severe bite with intense pain.—Canada; U. S. A.; Europe. pungens 8 Thunb., 1783, Nov. Ins. Spec. (2), 36 [nv]: Reduvius; Cimex1.— So. personatus, fide Lee.—Intense pain following bite; “may prove fatal in very weak and nervous persons.” 1142B (1142A). Apiomerus [Hahn, 1831, Wanz. Ins., v. 1, 29; “invalid here,” fide Van Duzee, 1917a, 256;] Laporte [1832], Mag. Zool., 82, numerous species, cites only hirtipes (type 1917). pilipes Fabr., 1787a, v. 2, 309 [Reduvius *]: Apiomerus.—Vector of f95 Schizotrypanum cruzi.—Cayenna.* 1143 (1142A). *AriIus Hahn, 1831, Wanz. Ins., 33 [nv]; type serratus Fabr.= carinatus.—[C. 25a, 381.] Syns.: Prionidus 8 Uhler, 1886, Check list, 23, Prionotus h 1832, renamed; Prionotus h Laporte, 1832, MdZ, 8, mt. serratus [not Lacep., 1802, fish]. carinatus Forster, 1771, N. Sp. Ins., 72 [Cimex *]: Arilus; Prionotus h; Prionidus.—Bites man. Sucks blood.—Brazil. *cristatus Johansson [“Linn.”], 1763, Amoen. Acad., v. 6, 399 [Cimex J]: Arilus; Prionotus h; Prionidus.—“Wheel-bug.”—Bites man; can cause painful wound, followed by sloughing.—N. Y. to Calif, and S. Carolina.* 1144 (1142A). Ectomocoris Mayr, 1865, VzbG Wien, 438, mt. coloratus. ululans Rossi, 1790, Faun, etrus., v. 2, 256 [Reduvius1]: Ectomocoris.— Attacks man.—Mediterranean region.