Biology of Blood-Sucking Insects

摘要: Part 1 The importance of blood-sucking insects. 2 evolution the habit: prolonged close association with vertebrates morphological pre-adaptation for piercing. 3 Feeding preferences insects: host choice and species complexes. 4 Location host: behavioural framework location appetitive searching activation orientation attraction movement between hosts. 5 Ingestion blood meal: vertebrate haemostasis insect anti-haemostatic factors probing stimulants phagostimulants mouthparts intake. 6 Managing midgut anatomy meal gonotrophic concordance nutrition hormones in partitioning resources from autogeny. 7 Host - interactions: distribution on surface specializations life immune responses to salivary secretions defences density dependent effects feeding success. 8 Transmission parasites by transmission routes specificity vector-parasite relationships origin vector parasite relationships.