The House-Fly: Musca Domestica Linn: Its Structure, Habits, Development, Relation to Disease and Control

by C. Gordon Hewitt

• ISBN13: 9780521232999
• ISBN10: 0521232996
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-06-09
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

First published in 1914, this volume was written in response to rising concerns regarding the role of the house-fly in the dissemination of infectious diseases, and its relationship to unhygienic conditions. Given the role played by the house-fly in these circumstances, it was decided that a thorough study of its entomological and medical significance was required. The volume was not intended as a popular treatise on the subject, this role had already been fulfilled by the author's House-flies and How they Spread Disease. Instead, it was designed for professionals in entomology and public health, together with students developing a specific interest in these areas. Numerous detailed illustrations of house-fly anatomy are included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in entomological studies and the history of public health.

Table of Contents

The Structure and Habits of the House-Fly

Introduction

The external structure of Musca domestica

The internal structure of Musca domestica

The internal structure of the head a proboscis of Musca domestica

The habits and bionomics of the house-fly

The Breeding Habits, Life-History and Structure of the Larva

The breeding habits of Musca domestica

The life-history of the House-fly

The external features of the full-grown larva

The internal structure of the full-grown larva

The Natural Enemies and Parasites of the House-Fly

Arachnids and myriapods

The fungal disease: Empusa muscae Cohn

Insect and vertebrate enemies

Protozoal parasites

The parasitic nematode: Habronema muscae Carter

Other Species of Flies Frequenting Houses

The lesser house-fly, Fannia canicularis L. and the latrine fly, F. scalaris Fab.

The stable fly, Stomoxys calitrans L.

The blow flies, Calliphora erythrocephalia Meig. and C. vomitoria L., and the sheep maggot or 'green bottle' fly, Lucilia caesar L.

The cluster fly, Polleina rudis Fab. and Muscina stabulans Fall.

Allied mscid flies and miscellaneous flies found in houses

The Relation of House-Flies to Disease

The dissemination of pathogenic organisms by flies

The carriage of typhoid fever by flies

The relation of flies to summer diarrhoea of infants

The dissemination of other diseases by flies

Miscellaneous experiments on the carriage of micro-organisms by flies, by both natural and artificial infection

The relation of flies to myiasis and to the spread of intestinal worms

Control Measures

Preventative and remedial measures

Organised effort in control measures

Bibliography

Index

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