Arthropods

Arthropods of Humans and Domestic Animals: a guide to                                  preliminary identification                                               

First published in 1994 by Chapman & Hall, London (now available from Springer) ISNB: 0-412-57280-X; 213 pages with 144 original line drawings; glossary of terms and index; 160 x 230cm; spiral bound with fold-over soft cover so that book opens flat on laboratory bench. Geographical coverage is global.

Reviews:

`This is a useful book for anyone who needs to identify arthropods to genus level but who may have limited experience in entomology. It would be a very useful bench book for any veterinary diagnostic laboratory ... The layout is practical and, with basic knowledge, easy to follow ... This is a good book that fulfils the criteria that it sets out to achieve and which would be an excellent supplement to textbooks on veterinary and medical entomology.' (The Veterinary Record)


`Having seen so many otherwise outstanding workers demonstrate a massive mental block when faced with arthropod identification I can only hope that this field guide will give them and their successors the courage to tackle this essential aspect of field work.' (Tropical Animal Health and Production)

                                                                                                                        
`...Alan Walker is to be congratulated both on the breadth of coverage...and on the quality of the illustrations.' (Bulletin of Entomological Research)


`This book ... is designed for easy access and is copiously illustrated by Dr. Walker's own excellent line drawings of the various genera ... A book such as this, which succeeds in making arthropod taxonomy user-friendly, will certainly find its place on the shelves and benches of parasitologists everywhere.'  (Veterinary Parasitology)

Contents include all the genera of major importance to health of humans and domestic animals as direct parasites and as transmitters of harmful microorganisms.

Acarines

Mites: 23 genera of skin infesting and other mites

Ticks: 10 genera of soft and hard ticks

Insects

True flies – the Diptera: 44 genera of nuisance, blood-sucking and myiasis flies.

Lice: 16 genera of chewing and blood-sucking lice of mammals and birds.

Fleas: 7 genera of fleas of mammals and birds

Blood-sucking bugs: 4 genera.

Other harmful arthropods

A less detailed treatment of  16 groups of venomous and nuisance insects of direct impact

on humans and domestic animals.

Methods for Identification

Collection devices, handling fresh specimens, preservation and examination.

Appendices

Table of Clinical signs of direct parasitic damage

Table of Diseases and their causative organisms

Glossary of Terms

plus a Bibliography and Appendix