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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    of great economic importance to packers; causes serious damage to hams, and other meats; in storeroom and pantries.—Europe; Australia; Africa; East Indies; U. S. A.; Surinam4; S. America, species: Necrobia.—Larva.—Conjunctiva (Houlbert, 1910, Arch. Parasitol., v. 13, 551); scoleciasis seu canthariasis. 1237 (1227). Mordelloidea. See fl238. 1238 (1240). Mordellidae Steph., 1829a, v. 1, 248.—[C. 25a, 494; B. & M. 15a, 39.] See fl239. 1239. Mordella Linn., 1758a, 420; tsd. (1810; 1840; x915) 1st sp. aculeata L.; etd. (1834) pseudotype fasciata Fabr.—[B. & M. 15a, 39.] species Hope, 1840a, 262, 263: Mordella.—Stomach, pseudoparasite (1752).— Sweden. 1240 (1238). Meloidae.—Blister-beetles. [C. 25a, 495; B. & M. 15a, 40.] See |1241. 1241 (1242 to 1244). Meloe Linn., 1758a, 419; tsd. (1829; 1840; 1915) 1st sp. proscarabaeus.—[C. 25a, 497; B. & M. 15a, 40.] Administered in¬ ternally as antirabic, under different forms; is alleged to have caused the death of patients. Vesicant properties equal to cantharides, but latter preferred. americanus Herbst in Fuessly, 1784, Arch. Ins., v. 5, 146 [Mylabris] [nv]: Meloe.—America4. autumnalis Manuel, 1792, Encycl. meth., v. 7 (2), 650: Meloe.—Middle and southern Europe4; Tirol; England; France. brevicollis Meyer, 1793, Tent. Monogr., 23 [nv]; or Hellwig in Panzer, 1793, Ins. Germ., Heft 10, table 15 [nv]: Meloe.—Middle Europe; Asia. cicatricosus Leach, 1813 or 1815, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, v. 11 (1), 39: Meloe.—Vesicant.—France; Kent4, England; Germany; southern Europe; Caucasus. cyaneus8 Fabr., 1801, Syst. Eleuth., 589: Meloe.—Italy4; France.—So. autumnalis. majalis Linn., 1758a, 419: Meloe.—Vesicant; pseudoparasite.—Europe; America; Africa. proscarabaeus Linn., 1758a, 419: Meloet.—“Calms most stubborn cough”; also pseudoparasite.—Europe; Turkestan; Caucasus; Silesia. purpurascenss Germ., 1834, 12: Meloe.—Tigal sucrA—Southern Europe; Bengal.—So. cavensis. rugosus Marsh, 1802, Ent. Br., 483: Meloe.—Vesicant.—Asia; France; Turkestan; Algeria; Caucasus.—Cf. rugosus Thunb., 1791, Nov. Ins. Spec., (6), 108. species Hope, 1840a, 262, 263: Meloe.—Pseudoparasite; ?stomach, ?intest. trianthemae [nv]: Meloe.—Indies. tuccius Rossi, 1790, Faun, etrusca, v. 1, 238; 1792, 283; 1795, Ent. etrusca, 290: Meloe.—Vesicant.—France; Italy; Turkestan; Asia. variegatus Donovan, 1793, Brit. Ins., v. 2, 81, pi. 67: Meloe.—Vesicant.— Europe; N. W. Asia; Siberia. violaceus Marsh, 1802, Ent. Brit., v. 1, 482: Meloe.—Europe; N. Asia. 1242 (1241). Cabalia Muls. & Riley, 1858, MAm. Acad. Lyon, 150 [nv]. segetum Fabr., 1792, Ent. Syst., v. 1 (2), 84 [Lytta1]: Cabalia.—Vesicant. 1243 (1241). Epicauta Dej., 1833, Cat., 224; Redtenbacher, 1845, 133, 621.— [C. 25a, 496; B. & M. 15a, 40.] Vesicant. adspersa Klug, 1825, N. A. Acad. Caes. Leop. Cat., v. 12 (2), 434: Epicauta; Lytta1.—Brazil; Uruguay; Buenos-Aires4, Argentina. affinis Lucas, 1849, Expl. Alger., 398 [Meloe1] [nv]: Epicauta.—Brazil; Guiana.