Studies on Some Enthnomedicinal Arachnids and Insects in Relation to their Usage as Drugs among the Tribals of Sundarbans, West Bengal, India

Contents: Introduction. Material and method: 1. Argioope pulchella Thorell. 2. Nephila maculata (Fabricus). 3. Neoscona mukerjei Tikader. 4. Cyrtohora cicatrosa (Stoliczka). 5. Cheiracanthium melanostoma Therell. 6. Cheiracanthium Himalayensis Gravely. 7. Pardosa birmanica Simon. 8. Lycosa choudhuryi Tolader. 9. Heteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus). 10. Spariolenus Tigris Simon. 11. Phidippus Bengalensis Tikader. 12. Marpissa Bengalesis Tikader. 13. Crossoprhiza Iyoni (Blackwall). 14. Artema atlenta Walekenaer. 15. Heterometrus (Heterometrus) Bengalensis (Koch). 16. Heterometrus (Srilanka metrus) servatus (Pocock). 17. Coccinella transversalis Fabricius. 18. Harmonia arcuata Fabricius. 19. Micraspis discolor (Fabricius). 20. Mylabris phalerata (Pallas). 21. Mylabris pustulata (Thunberg). 22. Luciola Sp. 23. Ocecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius). 24. Tetraponera rufonigra (Jerdon). 25. Camponotus compressus (Fabricius). 26. Solenopsis geminata (Smith). 27. Vespa (Vespa) basalis (Smith). 28. Vespa (Vespa) bicolor Fabricius. 29. Vespa (Vespa) oriantalis Linnaeus. 30. Vespa (Vespa) tropica tropica (Linnaeus). 31. Apis indica Fabricius. 32. Apis drosata Fabricius. 33. Chrysocoris perpureus (Westwood). 34. Cimes talectularia Linnaeus. 35. Cimex macrocephalus Fabricius. 36. Clovia puncta Fabricius. 37. Lucilia cuprina Wiedemann. 38. Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius). 39. Ceriagrion coromandelanum (Fabricius). 40. Pediculus humanus capitis. 41. Blata orientalis Linnaeus. Observation, result and discussion. Implication for medical practice. Acknowledgements. References.