The taxonomy of Brazilian insects vectors of transmissible diseases (1900-2000) - then and now
AUTOR(ES)
Papavero, Nelson, Guimarães, José Henrique
FONTE
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2000
RESUMO
A brief historical overview is given of the most relevant taxonomic studies of insect groups vectors of transmissible diseases in Brazil, from the "heroic" times of the foundation of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz in Rio de Janeiro up to the present. The following orders are considered: Phthiraptera (Anoplura, Amblycera and Ischnocera), Hemiptera (Reduviidae: Triatominae), Siphonaptera and Diptera (Culicidae, Ceratopogonidae, Psychodidae: Phlebotominae, Simuliidae, Tabanidae, Chloropidae and Muscidae). The most important Brazilian collections of each group are cited.
