Arthropod Venoms

Arthropod venoms have received much attention and have played an important role in folklore and medicine since ancient times. Scorpion envenomation, "tarant­ ism," bee and wasp stings are among those subjects about which most has been speculated and written in the past. In the last 50 year...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bettini, S. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1978, 1978
Edition:1st ed. 1978
Series:Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction to Venomous Arthropod Systematics
  • 2 Venoms of Crustacea and Merostomata
  • 3 Defensive Secretions of Millipeds
  • 4 Secretions of Centipedes
  • 5 Secretions of Opilionids, Whip Scorpions and Pseudoscorpions
  • 6 Review of the Spider Families, with Notes on the Lesser-Known Poisonous Forms
  • 7 Venoms of Dipluridae
  • 8 Venoms of Theridiidae, Genus Latrodectus
  • 9 Venoms of Theridiidae, Genus Steatoda
  • 10 Venoms of Ctenidae
  • 11 Venoms of Scytodidae. Genus Loxosceles
  • 12 The Genus Centruroides (Buthidae) and Its Venom
  • 13 Venoms of Buthinae
  • 14 Venoms of Tityinae
  • 15 Chactoid Venoms
  • 16 Tick Paralysis
  • 17 Toxins of Blattaria
  • 18 Venoms of Rhyncota (Hemiptera)
  • 19 Venoms of Coleoptera
  • 20 Venoms of Lepidoptera
  • 21 Venoms of Apidae
  • 22 Venoms of Sphecidae, Pompilidae, Mutillidae, and Bethylidae
  • 23 Venoms of Vespidae
  • 24 Venoms of Braconidae
  • 25 Venoms and Venom Apparatuses of the Formicidae: Myrmeciinae, Ponerinae, Dorylinae, Pseudomyrmecinae, Myrmicinae and Formicinae
  • 26 Venom and Venom Apparatuses of the Formicidae: Dolichoderinae and Aneuretinae
  • Author Index