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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    1261 (1260). Omosita Erichson, 1843, Zeit. f. Ent., 298, 3 sp. depressa, colon, discoidea.—[B. & M. 15a, 33.] [Not Omositah Simon, 1864, arachn.] *colon Linn., 1758a, 362 [Silpha1]: Omosita.—Captured on human *excreta, fide Howard, 1900, 556. 1262 (1257). Rhizophagidae Horn, 1879.—[C. 25a, 508.] See fl263. 1263. Rhizophagus® Herbst, 1793, Nat. Ins., v. 5, 18, 3 sp. bipunctatus, clavi- cornis, histeroides (Ryzophagus); etd. (1915) depressus.—[C. 25a, 508.] parallelicollis Schoenh. in Gyllenhal, 1827, 638: Rhizophagus.—Legal medicine. Larvae on exhumed bodies, fide Megnin, 1895, 99.— Europe; N. America. *scalpturatus Mannerheim, 1852, Bull. Mosc. A. S., v. 2, 362 [nv]: Rhizo¬ phagus.—On cadavers from 1 year, 11 months, to 10 years, 8 months, in *grave, Washington, D. C.—Sitka*. 1264 (1257). Cucujidae Steph., 1829a, 195.—The cucujids. [C. 25a, 509; B. & M. 15a, 34.] See fl265. 1265 (1266). Silvanus Latr., 1806, Gen. Crust. Ins., xiv, mt. unidentatus; Latr., 1807, Genera, v. 3, 20; etd. (1840; 1915) surinamensis.—[C. 25a, 509; B. & M. 15a, 34.] Cf. fl266. See fl266. 1266 (1265). Oryzaephilus Ganglb., 1899, Die Kafer Mittel Europas, v. 3, 584; contained 2 sp. (surinamensis, mercator). *surinamensis Linn., 1758a, 357 [Dermestes1]: Oryzaephilus; Silvanus1.— Saw-toothed grain beetle.—Bed; external; also in stored grains.— Surinam*; Southern States, U. S. A. 1267 (1256). Tenebrionoidea.—See fl268. 1268 (1275; 1278). Tenebrionidae Leach, 1817 [nv]; Steph., 1829a, 241. Seu Blapsidae Leach [nv]; Steph., 1829a, 244.—The darkling beetles. [C. 25a, 513; B. & M. 15a, 38.] See fl269. 1269 (1270 to 1274). Tenebrio Linn., 1758a, 417; tsd. (1810; 1830; 1840; 1915) 1st sp. molitor L.—[C. 25a, 513; B. & M. 15a, 38.] molitor Linn., 1758, 417: Tenebrio.—Yellow mealworm; “ver de farm.” In anus; stomach; intestines; abdomen and navel; bladder; urinary system; nose. Adult or larva. Larvae swallowed by people eating corn-meal mush.—Vector of f314 Hymenolepis diminuta.—Cosmo¬ politan. obscurus Fabr., 1792, Ent. syst., v. 1 (1), 111: Tenebrio.—“Darker meal¬ worm.” Larvae eat meal, flour, bread, cake, cereals. Frequently occur in mills, especially corn. On cadaver (fetus), 4 years in grave, 8th period, fide Megnin, 1895, 94, fig. 25.—Germany*, species: Tenebrio.—Intermediate host of f462 Gongylonema pulchrum. 1270 (1269). Akis Herbst, 1799, Nat. Ins., v. 8, 124; tsd. (1810), 2d sp. reflexa; Syn. ids6. spinosa Linn., 1764, Mus. Lud. Ulr., 101 [Tenebrio1]: Akis; Pimelia.— Vector of tapeworm, probably f314 Hymenolepis diminuta. 1271 (1269). Blaps Fabr., 1775a, 254; tsd. (1810; 1827; 1840; 1915) 3rd sp. mortisaga L. mortisaga Linn., 1758a, 418 [Tenebrio]: Blaps.—Pseudoparasite. Intestine; stomach.—Siberia; Europe; Transcaucasus; Ireland. mucronata Latr., 1804f, 278, p. 88, fig. 3: Blaps.—Intermediate host of f505 Moniliformis moniliformis. species: Blaps. Intermediate host of f462 Gongylonema pulchrum. sulcata Fabr., 1775a, 254: Blaps.—Eaten in butter “pour engraisser/ Alleged to cure disease of ears and sting of scorpion.—Egypt.