title: The taxonomy of Brazilian insects vectors of transmissible diseases (1900-2000)--then and now.
abstract: A brief historical overview is given of the most relevant taxonomic studies of insect groups vectors of transmissible diseases in Brazil, from the "heroic" times of the foundation of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz in Rio de Janeiro up to the present. The following orders are considered: Phthiraptera (Anoplura, Amblycera and Ischnocera), Hemiptera (Reduviidae: Triatominae), Siphonaptera and Diptera (Culicidae, Ceratopogonidae, Psychodidae: Phlebotominae, Simuliidae, Tabanidae, Chloropidae and Muscidae). The most important Brazilian collections of each group are cited.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e Ambientais, Universidade Santa Ursula, Rua Fernando Ferrari 75, 22231-040 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Papavero
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Guimarães
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000145:classification*