The World Oestridae (Diptera), Mammals and Continental Drift [Paperback]

A. History, Folklore, Biology.- I. History of knowledge about Oestroidea.- 1. Antiquity and Middle Ages.- 2. From the 16th Century to the Systema Naturae (1758).- 3. From the Systema Naturae to the revision of Bau (1906).- 4. From 1908 to the classification of Townsend (193538).- 5. From 1947 to the present.- II. Popular knowledge about the Oestroidea.- 1. Utilization as food.- 2. Popular names.- 3. Folklore.- III. Biology of the OestroideaThe phenomenon of aggregation.- IV. References.- B. Systematics and phylogeny of the Oestridae.- I. Key to subfamilies.- II. Subfamily Cephenemyiinae Townsend.- 1. Key to tribes.- 2. Tribe Cephenemyiini Townsend.- 3. Tribe Pharyngomyiini Townsend.- III. Subfamily Tracheomyiinae, new.- IV. Subfamily Pharyngobolinae, new.- V. Subfamily Oestrinae Leach.- 1. Key to tribes.- 2. Tribe Kirkioestrini, new.- 3. Tribe Rhinoestrini, new.- 4. Tribe Oestrini Leach.- 5. Tribe Gedoelstiini, new.- 6. Tribe Cephalopinini, new.- VI. Phylogeny of the Oestridae.- 1. Morphological trends of the Oestridae.- 2. Phylogeny of the subfamilies.- 3. Phylogeny of the Cephenemyiinae.- 4. Phylogeny of the Oestrinae.- VII. Bibliography of Oestridae.- C. Characteristics of the hosts of Oestridae.- I. List of present hosts.- 1. Marsupialia.- 2. Proboscidea.- 3. Artiodactyla.- 4. Perissodactyla.- 5. Common names of the hosts.- II. General considerations about the hosts.- 1. Marsupialia.- 1.1. Generalities.- 1.2. Palaeontological history.- 1.3. Hypotheses on the origin of Australian marsupials.- 1.4. Characteristics of Australian marsupials.- 1.5. Characteristics of a marsupial host.- 1.6. Implications in the case of the Eutheria.- 2. Proboscidea.- 3. Artiodactyla.- 3.1. Classification.- 3.2. Suborder Palaeodonta.- 3.3. Suborder Suina.- 3.4. Suborder Ruminantia.- 4. Perissodactyla.- 4.1. Suborder Ceratomorpha.- 4.2. Suborder Ancylopoda.- 4.3. Suborder Hippomorpha.- III. References.- D. Hypothetical history of Oestridae evolution.- I. Origin and diversification of lC'