Arthropod Venoms

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XXXIII

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2. Introduction to Venomous Arthropod Systematics

   • P. M. Brignoli

   Pages 1-12

3. Venoms of Crustacea and Merostomata

   • Y. Hashimoto, S. Konosu

   Pages 13-39

4. Defensive Secretions of Millipeds

   • T. Eisner, D. Alsop, K. Hicks, J. Meinwald

   Pages 41-72

5. Secretions of Centipedes

   • A. Minelli

   Pages 73-85

6. Secretions of Opilionids, Whip Scorpions and Pseudoscorpions

   • T. Eisner, D. Alsop, J. Meinwald

   Pages 87-99

7. Review of the Spider Families, with Notes on the Lesser-Known Poisonous Forms

   • S. Bettini, P. M. Brignoli

   Pages 101-120

8. Venoms of Dipluridae

   • M. R. Gray, S. K. Sutherland

   Pages 121-148

9. Venoms of Theridiidae, Genus Latrodectus

   • S. Bettini, M. Maroli, Z. Maretić

   Pages 149-212

10. Venoms of Theridiidae, Genus Steatoda

    • Z. Maretić

    Pages 213-216

11. Venoms of Ctenidae

    • S. Schenberg, F. A. Pereira Lima

    Pages 217-245

12. Venoms of Scytodidae. Genus Loxosceles

    • H. Schenone, G. Suarez

    Pages 247-275

13. The Genus Centruroides (Buthidae) and Its Venom

    • H. L. Stahnke

    Pages 277-307

14. Venoms of Buthinae

    • A. Shulov, G. Levy, P. Efrati, E. Zlotkin, F. Miranda, H. Rochat

    Pages 309-369

15. Venoms of Tityinae

    • W. Bücherl, C. R. Diniz

    Pages 371-394

16. Chactoid Venoms

    • M. Goyffon, J. Kovoor

    Pages 395-418

17. Tick Paralysis

    • M. F. Murnaghan, F. J. O’Rourke

    Pages 419-464

18. Toxins of Blattaria

    • L. M. Roth, D. W. Alsop

    Pages 465-487

19. Venoms of Rhyncota (Hemiptera)

    • J. Weatherston, J. E. Percy

    Pages 489-509

20. Venoms of Coleoptera

    • J. Weatherston, J. E. Percy

    Pages 511-554

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 years or so, a great number of scientific papers have been devoted to arthropod venoms, but only a few volumes have been designed to collect this rapidly increasing material, and these are not recent. Of late, the chemistry and mode of action of several arthropod venoms have been thoroughly studied, and some of these substances will probably be used as pharmacological tools and also as therapeutic agents. The aim of the present volume is to collect in manual form new information as well as the old notions on arthropod venoms. Even though it was our intention to present a volume on arthropod venoms, and not on venomous arthropods, inevitably we were forced to include information on venom-producing organisms as well. We assumed, in fact, that those scientists for whom the present manual is primarily intended (biochemists, particularly com­ parative biochemists, and pharmacologists) should be familiar with the biologic elements concerning the venom-producing species; which should show them how important it is to operate in close collaboration with biologists specialized in venomous arthropod systematics and biology.

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• Gliederfüsser
• Toxikologie
• Veterinärtoxikologie
• biology
• chemistry
• medicine
• poison
• research
• toxicology

• Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

  Sergio Bettini

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