This is a rewriting and expansion of The Physiology of Mosquitoes, published in 1963. The expansion of the work into two volumes reflects the extent and diversity of mosquito research

Gerberg, Eugene J.

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Book Review: The biology of mosquitoes. vol. 1 Development, 
nutrition and reproduction by A. N. Clements 
Eugene J. Gerberg 
University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Entomology and Nematology 
Department, Gainesville, Florida 
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Gerberg, Eugene J., "Book Review: The biology of mosquitoes. vol. 1 Development, nutrition and 
reproduction by A. N. Clements" (1992). Insecta Mundi. 436. 
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/436 
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192 Insecta Mundi 
Book Review 
The biology of mosquitoes. voL 1 Development, nutrition and reproduction. A. N. Clements. 
Chapman & Hall. 1992.509 pp. $89.95. 
This is a rewriting and expansion ofThe Physiology ofMosquitoes, published in 1963. The expansion 
of the work into two volumes reflects the extent and diversity of mosquito research. 
The introduction lightly covers mosquito life cycles, biology and disease transmission. The text starts 
out discussing the aspects of genetics, then leads into embryology, and the egg. This is followed by 7 
chapters on larvae, including larval feeding and nutrition, excretion and respiration, osmotic and ionic 
regulation, growth and development, metamorphosis, the circulatory system, the endocrine system and 
hormones. The remaining 13 chapters concern the adult, including adult food and feeding mechanisms, 
salivary glands and their secretions, the alimentary canal, digestion, energy metabolism, diuresis, 
excretion and defaecation, structure of the gonads and gonoduds, spermatogenesis and the structure of 
spermatozoa, oogenesis, vitellogenesis, hormone regulation of ovarian development in anautogenous 
mosquitoes, nutrition and fertility of anautogenous mosquitoes, and autogeny. The book is well illustrated 
and has an extensive bibliography. For researchers involved in the physiology of mosquitoes, this book 
should be on the required reading list. -Eugene J. Gerberg, University of Florida, Institute of Food 
and Agricultural Sciences, Entomology and Nematology Department, Gainesville, Florida 
$2611. 


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University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Insecta Mundi Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Florida March 1992 Book Review: The biology of mosquitoes. vol. 1 Development, nutrition and reproduction by A. N. Clements Eugene J. Gerberg University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Entomology and Nematology Department, Gainesville, Florida Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi  Part of the Entomology Commons Gerberg, Eugene J., "Book Review: The biology of mosquitoes. vol. 1 Development, nutrition and reproduction by A. N. Clements" (1992). Insecta Mundi. 436. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/436 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Florida at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Insecta Mundi by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. 192 Insecta Mundi Book Review The biology of mosquitoes. voL 1 Development, nutrition and reproduction. A. N. Clements. Chapman & Hall. 1992.509 pp. $89.95. This is a rewriting and expansion ofThe Physiology ofMosquitoes, published in 1963. The expansion of the work into two volumes reflects the extent and diversity of mosquito research. The introduction lightly covers mosquito life cycles, biology and disease transmission. The text starts out discussing the aspects of genetics, then leads into embryology, and the egg. This is followed by 7 chapters on larvae, including larval feeding and nutrition, excretion and respiration, osmotic and ionic regulation, growth and development, metamorphosis, the circulatory system, the endocrine system and hormones. The remaining 13 chapters concern the adult, including adult food and feeding mechanisms, salivary glands and their secretions, the alimentary canal, digestion, energy metabolism, diuresis, excretion and defaecation, structure of the gonads and gonoduds, spermatogenesis and the structure of spermatozoa, oogenesis, vitellogenesis, hormone regulation of ovarian development in anautogenous mosquitoes, nutrition and fertility of anautogenous mosquitoes, and autogeny. The book is well illustrated and has an extensive bibliography. For researchers involved in the physiology of mosquitoes, this book should be on the required reading list. -Eugene J. Gerberg, University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Entomology and Nematology Department, Gainesville, Florida $2611. 

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