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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    murinus Linn., 1758a, 356- Dermpctp* nn in test.—Europe*; England ^ PseudoParasite “ species Hope, 1840a, 260: Dermestes.—Larvae, pseudoparasite “in chest” or V •—England. undulatus Brahm 1790, Ins. Kal., v. 1 (1), 114: Dermestes.—On cadavers expos^ed freely to air, 3d period, caseous products, fide M6gnin, 1895, vulpinus Fabr., 1781, Spec. Ins., v. 1, 64: Dermestes.—Proust (1894 Bull. Acad. Med. Pans, v. 31 (1), 57-66) found this on anthrax goat-skins'* larvL1186 C°ntained anthrax bacilli in excrement, also on eggs and in 1353 (1252) Anthrenus Geoffr., 1762 (1799), Hist. Ins., v. 1, 113 for tomentosus and 1 amourette [^museorum]; Fabr., 1775, 61; tsd. (1840) museorum L. , etd. (1810) verbasci; etd. (1915) scrophulariae L.—Museum-beetle carpet-beetle. [C. 25a, 506; B. & M. 15a, 34.] museorum Linn., 1761a, Fauna Suec., 145 [Dermestes1]: Anthrenus; Byr- rhus1. On mummified fetus, 7th period, extreme desiccation, after 1 year, fide Megnin, 1895, 92, fig. 24a. Heim (1894, C. r. Soc. Biol., v. 6 (3), 59) found anthrax in excreta of larvae taken from anthrax leather.— Dutch Guiana; Palearctic Region, N. America; Greenland; Europe' scrophulariae Linn., 1767, Syst. Nat., 568: Anthrenus; Byrrhus1.—Carpet buffalo bug; “ buffalo moth,” misnomer, really a beetle. Destroys car¬ pets, museum specimens, etc.—Europe*. 1354 (1252). Attagenus Latr., 1802b, 121, contained 2 sp. (trifasciatus, macel- lanus); etd. (1829; 1840; 1915) pellio.—[B. & M. 15a, 34.] PellioLinn., 1758a, 355 [Dermestes1]: Attagenus.—On cadavers, 7th period, desiccation extreme after 1 year, fide MSgnin, 1895, 91; Anthrax spores in excreta, insect on anthrax leather, see Heim, 1894, C. r. Soc. Biol., v. 6 (3), 59.—Europe*. *piceus Olivier, 1790, Encycl. meth., 10: Attagenus.—“Black carpet beetle”; a cause of felting of feather pillows; suspected as parasite of Homo, Michigan, museum pest, flour mills, cereal products.—Europe; Asia; U. S. A. Very abundant in Washington, D. C. 1355 (1193). Series CLAVICORNIA Heer, 1841, 365 (as class).—[C. 25a, 467* B. & M. 15a, 32.] See fl256. 1356 (1267). Cucujoidea. See fl257. 1357 (1259; 1262; 1264). Ostomidae; seu Ostomatidae.—[C. 25a, 508; B. & M. 15a, 33.] See fl258. 1358. Tenebroides Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783, Iter Poseg., 87, type ? [nv]; seu Tenebrioides6.—[C. 25a, 508; B. & M. 15a, 33.] Haticollis Horn, 1863, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., v. 4, (for Feb., 1862), 86 [Trogosita1]: Tenebrioides.—On cadaver 20 years, 9 months, in *grave, Washington, D. C. *mauritanicus Linn., 1758a, 417 [Tenebrio1]: Tenebroides.—The cadelle, bread beetle. Feeds on various kinds of foodstuffs, more particularly stored grain.—Cosmopolitan. 1359 (1257). Nitidulidae Leach, 1817 [nv]; Steph., 1829a, 77.—[C. 25a, 508; B. & M. 15a, 33.] See fl260. 1360 (1261). Nitidula Fabr., 1775a, 77; tsd. (1810; 1915) 1st sp. bipustulata L.; etd. (1838; 1840) pseudotype grisea L.—[B. & M. 15a, 33.] [Not Nitidulah Jerd. & Blyth, 1861, Aves.] *bipustulata Linn., 1761a, Fauna Suec., 148 [Silpha1]: Nitidula.—Urine.— N. Europe; N. Asia; N. America. 60623—28-4