Handbook of Medical EntomologyRiley, William A. (William Albert)
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Handbook of Medical Entomology
Riley, William A. (William Albert)
Insect pests; Insects as carriers of disease; Medical parasitology
l. Body of plate distinctly longer than broad;
goblet cells of medium size, usually 17.5µ to
35µ or 40µ in diameter, appearing as medium
sized punctuations on untreated specimens, but
on the specimens treated with caustic potash
they appear very distinct in outline, which is
not circular; base of capitulum usually less
than twice as broad as long, the
postero-lateral angles always distinctly
prolonged caudad.
m. Trochanter I with distinct dorso-subterminal
retrograde sharp, digitate spur;
postero-lateral angles of capitulum
pronouncedly prolonged caudal, 112µ to 160µ
long; goblet cells attain 13µ to 40µ in
diameter; type locality California. D.
OCCIDENTALIS
mm. Trochanter I with dorso-terminal blade;
postero-lateral angles of capitulum with
rather short prolongations.
n. Stigmal plate small, goblet cells not
exceeding 45 in the male or 100 in the
female; scutum with little rust, coxa I
with short spurs, the inner distinctly
shorter than the outer. _D.
parumapertus-marginatus_
nn. Stigmal plate larger; goblet cells over 70
in the male and over 100 in the female;
coxa I with longer spurs, inner slightly
shorter than the outer; scutum with
considerable rust. D. VENUSTUS[F]
ll. Goblet cells small, rarely exceeding 17.6µ,
occasionally reaching 19µ in diameter; on
untreated specimens they appear as very fine
granulations, and on specimens treated with
caustic potash they may be difficult to see,
but their large number can be determined from
the prominent stems of the goblets; surface of
outline of the goblets distinctly circular;
base of the capitulum usually less than twice
as broad as long, the postero-lateral angle
distinctly prolonged caudad; spurs of coxæ I
long. _D. reticulatus_ and _electus_ (=
_variabilis_?)
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