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Cover for the book The Sucking Lice of North America

The Sucking Lice of North America

Ke Chung Kim, Harry D. Pratt, and Chester Stojanovich
  • Publish Date: 11/5/1990
  • Dimensions: 7 x 10
  • Page Count: 256 pages
  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-271-00395-5
“A complete and practical manual of the North American Anoplura representing 19 genera and 75 species belonging to 9 families. These small bloodsucking insects are of major importance to medical and veterinary sciences . The format for each species includes synonymy, diagnosis, biology, hosts, distribution, remarks, and outstanding full-page figures. There is a host-parasite list, references, and an index of scientific names. A very usable book for entomologists, zoologists, parasitologists, and public health personnel and a valuable reference work for undergraduate and graduate students; should be available in all science libraries”

Ke Chung Kim is Professor of Entomology and Curator of the Frost Entomological Museum at Penn State.

Harry O. Pratt is Scientist Director (ret.), U.S. Public Health Service, and formerly Chief, Insect and Rodent Control Training, Centers for Disease Control, and adjunct professor at Emory University School of Medicine. He is a major contributor to Pictorial Key: Arthropods, Reptiles, Birds, and MammaIs of Public Health Significance.

Chester J. Stojanovich is a former Scientific Illustrator at CDC and Research Associate in Microbiology at Emory.

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