ARTHRODPODS OF MEDICAL IMPORTANCE IN AFRICA. PART 2. DATA ON ARTHROPODS OTHER THAN MOSQUITOES

Abstract : The occurrence of insects and other arthropods of medical importance in Africa is summarized on the basis of a compilation of all available references in the scientific literature. The report includes, for each major group of arthropods, a listing of species and subspecies with biological and distributional data, tabulations of diseases or disease organisms transmitted, and complete literature citations. The groups of arthropods included, with the number of species or subspecies in parentheses, are: Part I AD-650 931: mosquitoes (1037); Part II: Arthropods other than mosquitoes: Black flies (103) , Sand flies (269), Midges (177), Horse flies (1080), Biting flies (67), Non- biting flies (50), Fleas (363), Bugs (24), Urticating and vesicating arthropods (9), Ticks (424), Mites (26), and Miscellaneous arthropods (33).