6.1 General
entomology and acarology
6.2
Pests of cured fish (and other dried food)
6.3 Necrobia rufipes
6.4 Dermestes spp
6.5 Lardoglyphus spp
6.6 Diptera
The following sections contain a selective bibliography, including all references cited in this field guide. The Fisheries Technical Paper by FAO (1981) should be consulted for a more complete bibliography on the economic importance and control of pests of cured fish.
British Museum (Natural History), 1974. Instructions for collectors No. 4a. Insects. Revised by B.H. Cogan and K.G.V. Smith. London, Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), 169 p. 5th ed.
Krantz, G.W., 1978. A acarology. Corvallis, Oregon State Book Stores, 509 p. 2nd ed.
Oldroyd, H., 1970. Collecting, preserving and studying insects. London, Hutchinson, 336 p. 2nd ed.
Richard, O.W. and R.G. Davies, 1977. Imms' general textbook of entomology. Volume l: Structure, physiology and development. London, Chapman and Hall, 418 p. 10th ed.
Richard, O.W. and R.G. Davies, 1977 a Imms' general textbook of entomology. Volume 2: Classification and biology. London, Chapman and Hall, pp. 419-1354. 10th ed.
Dobie, P. et al (comps.), 1984. Insects and arachnids of tropical stored products: their biology and identification. (A training manual.) Slough, UK., Tropical Development and Research Institute Storage Department, 273 p.
FAO, 1981. The prevention of losses in cured fish. Tech.Pap, (219):87 p.
Freeman, P. (ed.), 1980. Common insect pests of stored food products. Econ.Ser.Brit.Mus.(Nat.Hist.), (15):69 p. 6th ed.
Haines. C.P. 1974. Insects and arachnids from stored products: a report on specimens received by the Tropical Stored Products Centre 1972-1973. Rep.Trop.Prod.Inst. (L39):22 p.
Haines. C.P. 1981 .Insects and arachnids from stored products: a report on specimens received by the Tropical Stored Products Centre 1973-77. Rep.Trop.Prod.Inst. (L54):73 p.
Halstead. D.G.H. 1986. Keys for the identification of beetles associated with stored products. I- Introduction and key to families. J. Stored Prod. Res. 22(4):163-203
Hinton. H.E. 1945. A monograph of the beetles associated with stored products. Vol. 1 London. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), 443 p.
Hinton. H.E. 1945. The Histeridae associated with stored a products. Bull. Entomol. Res., 35(4):309-40
Hodges. R.1980. Arthropod pests of stored products: collection, preservation and dispatch for identification. Trop. Stored Prod. lnf., 39:39-41
Howe. R.W. 1965. A summary of estimates of optimal and minimal conditions for population increase of some stored products insects. J. Stored Prod. Res., 1(2):177-84
Hughes. A.M. 1976. The mites of stored food and houses. Tech. Bull. Minist. Agric. Fish. Food UK., (9):400 p.
Ashman. F. 1963. Factors affecting the abundance of the copra beetle. Necrobia rufipes (Deg.) (Col., Cleridae). Bull. Entomol. Res., 53(4):671-80
Costa. J.M.C.da, 1955 Contribui��o para o estudo da defesa fitossanitaria da copra do ultramar Portugues. Estud. Ensaios Doc. Junta Invest. Ultramar. Lisboa, (17):100 p.
Osuji, F.N.C. 1975, Recent studies on the infestation of dried fish in Nigeria by Dermestes maculatus and Necrobia rufipes with special reference to the Lake Chad district. Trop. Stored Prod. lnf., 29:21-32
Osuji, F.N.C. 1975 a, The effects of salt treatment of fish on the developmental biology of Dermestes maculatus (Coleoptera, Dermestidae) and Necrobia rufipes (Cleridae). Entomol. Exp. Appl., 18:472-9
Osuji, F.N.C. 1977, The development of Necrobia rufipes in dried fish and certain other commodities. Niger. J. Sci., 15:21-32
Simmons, 1925, P. and G.W. Ellington, The ham beetle, Necrobia rufipes DeGeer. J. Agric. Res., 30:845-63
Amos, T.G., 1968, Some laboratory observations on the rates of development, mortality and oviposition of Dermestes frischii (Kug.) (Coleoptera, Dermestidae). J. Stored Prod. Res., 4(2):103-17
Coombs, C.W. 1978, The effect of temperature and relative humidity upon the development and fecundity of Dermestes lardarius L. (Coleoptera, Dermestidae). J. Stored Prod. Res., 14(2/3):111-9
Coombs, C.W. 1979, The effect of temperature and humidity upon the development and fecundity of Dermestes haemorrhoidalis K�ster and Dermestes peruvianus Laporte de Castelnau (Coleoptera, Dermestidae). J. Stored Prod. Res., 15(2):43-52
Coombs, C.W. 1981, The development, fecundity and longevity of Dermestes ater DeGeer (Coleoptera, Dermestidae). J. Stored Prod. Res., 17(1):31-6
Howe, R.W. 1953, The effects of temperature and humidity on the length of the life cycle of Dermestes frischii Kug. Entomologist, 86:109-13
Monteiro Guimar�es, 1956 J.A., A entomofauna dos produtos armazenados. Dermestes maculatus Deg. e Dermestes ater Deg. (Coleoptera, Dermestidae). Estud Ensaios Doc. Junta Invest. Ultramar. Lisboa, 29:113 p.
Osuji, F.N.C. 1975, Recent studies on the infestation of dried fish in Nigeria by Dermestes maculatus and Necrobia rufipes with special-reference to the Lake Chad district. Trop. Stored Prod. Inf. , 29:21-32
Osuji, F.N.C. 1975 a, The effects of salt treatment of fish on the developmental biology of Dermestes maculatus (Coleoptera, Dermestidae) and Necrobia rufipes (Cleridae). Entomol. Exp. Appl., 18:472-9
Paul, C.F., G.N. Shukla, S.R. Das and S.L. Perti, 1963, A life- history study of the hide beetle Dermestes vulpinus Fab. (Coleoptera, Dermestidae). Indian J. Entomol., 24(3):167-79 [Dermestes vulpinus is a synonym of D maculatus]
Peacock, E.R. 1975, Dermestes peruvianus Cast., D haemorrhoidalis K�st. and other Dermestes spp. (Coleoptera, Dermestidae) .Entomol. Mon .Mag., 111: 1-14
Hughes, A.M. 1956, The mite genus Lardoglyphus Oudemans, 1927 (= Hoshikadania Sasa and Asanuma, 1951). Zool. Meded., 34(20):271-85
Matsumoto, K. 1966, Studies on the environmental factors for the breeding of grain mites. 8. The breeding and the age composition of the population of Lardoglyphus konoi. Jap. J. Sanit. Zool. 21(4):213-9 [in Japanese, with English summary]
Matsumoto, K. 1968, Studies on the environmental factors for the breeding of grain mites. 9. The effect of relative humidity on the age composition of the population of Lardoglyphus konoi. Jap. J. Sanit. Zool. 19(3) : 196-203 [in Japanese, with English summary]
Matsumoto, K. 1970, Studies on the environmental factors for the breeding of grain mites. 10. Effect of the temperature and relative humidity on the breeding and hypopus formation in Lardoglyphus konoi , Jap. J .Sanit. Zool., 21(4):213-9 [in Japanese, with English summary]
Matsumoto, K. 1973, Studies on the environmental factors for the breeding of grain mites. 11. The effect of nutrient on hypopus formation in Lardoglyphus konoi Jap. J. Sanit. Zool., 24(1):1-7 [in Japanese, with English summary]
Olsen, A.R. 1982, A new pest of dried fish from the Orient, Lardoglyphus angelinae new sp. (Acarina: Acaridae). J. Stored Prod. Res., 18(4):181-8 1
Sasa, M. and K. Asanuma, 1951, A new food infesting acarid mite, Hoshikadania konoi n.g., n. sp., with notes on the comparative-morphology of its different sexes and stages. Jap. J. Exp. Med., 21:209-22
Vijayambika, V. and P.A. John, 1974, Observations on the environmental regulation of hypopial formation in the fish-mite Lardoglyphus konoi. Acarologia, 16(1):160-5
Vijayambika, V. and P.A. John, 1975, Preliminary observations on the population infection of adult fish mite, Lardoglyphus konoi (Acarine) in relation to the chemical composition of the cured fishery products. Sci. Cult., 41(2):76-8
Meynell, P.J. 1978, Reducing blowfly spoilage during sun-drying of fish in Malawi using pyrethrum. Proc. IPFC, 18(3):347-53
Oldroyd, H. 1964, The natural history of flies. London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 324 p.
Robinson, W.H., 1971, Old and new biologies of Megaselia species (Diptera, Phoridae). Stud. Entomol., 14:321-48
Simmons. P. 1927, The cheese skipper as a pest in cured meats. Dep. Bull. US. Dep. Agric. (1453):56 p.
Smart. J. 1935, The effects of temperature and humidity on the cheese skipper, Piophila casei (L.). J. Exp. Biol., 12(4):384-8
Smith. K.G.V. (ed). 1973, Insects and other arthropods of medical importance. London. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). 561 p.
Soans. A.B. and C. Adolph. 1971, A note on the occurrence of Discomyza maculipennis Wiedemann (Diptera: Ephydridae) on dried fish. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. J., 68(3):847-8
