Mosquitoes

This reference covers mosquitoes from several angles: their biology and classification, their ecology, the methods researchers use to study them, and the ways they can be controlled. Both pest mosquitoes and species that spread disease are included. The text is written to be accessible to anyone who works with mosquitoes or simply wants to understand them, whether for practical management or general interest.

This edition describes 102 European species, among them the most significant invasive ones, along with more than 100 species of global importance as disease carriers or nuisances. Most entries, including every European species, appear in illustrated identification keys. Each species is then covered in detail, with its morphology, life cycle, geographic distribution and medical relevance, supported by more than 700 detailed drawings.

The book's coverage includes systematics and biology, medical significance, research techniques, and the morphological features used to identify larvae and adults. It offers illustrated keys for larval and adult mosquito genera and examines the morphology, ecology and distribution of each species in those keys. Biological, genetic, physical and chemical control methods are also discussed.

It is intended for vector ecologists, medical entomologists, students, and professionals across the world who work on mosquito systematics, biology, ecology or control. The authors argue that well-designed, sustainable mosquito management programs benefit society as a whole, along with the diseases such programs help prevent. This third edition has been thoroughly revised and extended.