Volume 26

December, 2001

Number 2


Contents




A taxonomic review of the Ceratophyllus Curtis, 1832 of North America (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae: Ceratophyllinae)

Robert E. Lewis and Terry D. Galloway



Chrysomya rufifacies (Macquart) as a forensically-important fly species in Thailand: A case report

Kabkaew L. Sukontason, Kom Sukontason, Paitune Narongchai, Sirisuda Lertthamnongtham,

Somsak Piangjai, and Jimmy K. Olson



Nymphs of the western black-legged tick (Ixodes pacificus) collected from tree trunks in woodland-grass habitat

Ted J. Slowik and Robert S. Lane



Larval occurrence, oviposition behavior and biting activity of potential mosquito vectors of dengue on Samui Island, Thailand

Usavadee Thavara, Apiwat Tawatsin, Chitti Chansang, Wichai Kongngamsuk, Supol Paosriwong,

Jotika Boon-Long, Yupa Rongsriyam, and Narumon Komalamisra



The effect of behavioural interactions on the transfer of fleas (Siphonaptera) between two rodent species

Boris R. Krasnov and Irina S. Khokhlova



Surface ultrastructure of the third-instar larvae of Hydrotaea spinigera Stein (Diptera: Muscidae), a fly species of forensic importance

Kabkaew Sukontason, Roy C. Vogtsberger, Kom Sukontason, Jimmy K. Olson, Sirisuda Lertthamnongtham,

and Somsak Piangjai



Age of Anopheles gambiae Giles male mosquitoes at time of mating influences female oviposition

Gail M. Chambers and Marc J. Klowden



Effects of nutritional and physiological status on behavioral avoidance of Anopheles minimus (Diptera: Culicidae) to DDT, deltamethrin and lambdacyhalothrin.

Sungsit Sungvornyothin, Theeraphap Chareonviriyaphap, Atchariya Prabaripai, Vacarobon Thirakhupt,

Supaporn Ratanatham, and Michael J. Bangs



The efficacy of co-feeding as a means of maintaining Borrelia burgdorferi: a North American model system

Joseph Piesman and Christine M. Happ



Mosquito larval control with Bacillus sphaericus: reduction in adult populations in low-income communities in Nonthaburi Province, Thailand        

Mir S. Mulla, Usavadee Thavara, Apiwat Tawatsin, Wichai Kongngamsuk, Jakkrawarn Chompoosri, and Tianyun Su



Cockroach surveys in 14 provinces of Thailand

Apiwat Tawatsin, Usavadee Thavara, Jakkrawarn Chompoosri, Wichai Kong-ngamsuk,

Chitti Chansang and Supol Paosriwong