Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índices
General introduction / R.P. Lane and R.W. Crosskey -- Introduction to the arthropods / R.P. Lane -- Diptera -- Introduction to the diptera / R.W. Crosskey -- Sandflies (Phlebotominae) / R.P. Lane -- Mosquitoes (Culicidae) / M.W. Service -- Blackflies (Simuliidae) / R.W. Crosskey -- Biting midges (Ceratopogonidae) / John Boorman -- Horse-flies, deer-flies and clegs (Tabanidae) / John E. Chainey -- Tsetse-flies (Glossinidae) / A.M. Jordan -- Stable-flies and horn-flies (bloodsucking Muscidae) / R.W. Crosskey -- House-flies, blow-flies and their allies (calyptrate Diptera) / R.W. Crosskey and R.P. Lane -- Diptera causing myiasis in man / Martin J.R. Hall and Kenneth G.V. Smith -- Other insects -- Cockroaches (Blattaria) / N.R.H. Burgess -- Bedbugs and kissing-bugs (bloodsucking Hemiptera) / C.J. Schofield and W.R. Dolling -- Lice (Anoplura) / Joanna Ibarra -- Fleas (Siphonaptera) / Robert E. Lewis -- Insects of minor medical importance / Kenneth G.V. Smith -- Arachnids -- Ticks and mites (Acari) / M.R.G. Varma -- Spiders and scorpions (Araneae and scorpiones) / J.L. Cloudsley-Thompson.