Table 1 in Acknowledging extraordinary women in the history of medical entomology

Table 1 Summary of information on selected women who have historically contributed to the development of medical entomology NameYears (birth–death)Country of birthMain countries of workMost relevant arthropod group(s) (medical entomology)Most relevant topic(s)Clara S. Ludlow1852–1924USAPhilippines, USACulicidaeTaxonomyMuriel Robertson1883–1973ScotlandEngland, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)GlossinaPathogen life cycleAlwen M. Evans1895–1937EnglandEngland, KenyaCulicidaeTaxonomy,ecologyM. Josephine Mackerras1896–1971AustraliaAustraliaBlattodea, Culicidae, Calliphoridae, SimuliidaeTaxonomy,epidemiologyGertrud Theiler1897–1986South AfricaSouth AfricaIxodidaTaxonomy,ecologyMaria Tonelli-Rondelli1899–1970ItalyItalyIxodidaTaxonomyMaria V. Pospelova-Shtrom1902–1991USSR (Russia)USSR (Russia)IxodidaTaxonomy, epidemiologyMiriam L. Rothschild1908–2005EnglandEnglandSiphonapteraAnatomy, physiology, ecologyTheresa R. Clay1911–1995EnglandEnglandPhthirapteraTaxonomy, ecologyEllinor C. C. van Someren1915–1988UgandaKenyaCulicidaeTaxonomy EcologyBrouria Feldman-Muhsam1916–2008Palestine (Israel)IsraelIxodidaPhysiology,ecologyElizabeth N. Marks1918–2002IrelandAustraliaCulicidaeTaxonomyAna E. Hoffmann1919–2007MéxicoMéxicoAcariTaxonomy, biologyErnestine H. B.Thurman1920–1987USAThailand,USACulicidaeTaxonomy, ecology,controlS. Monica Asman1920–2016GermanyUSACulicidaeControl, geneticsJane B.Walker1925–2009KenyaKenya,South AfricaIxodidaTaxonomy, biologyJadwiga Złotorzycka1926–2002PolandPolandAmblycera / IschnoceraTaxonomy, ecology,morphologyRachel Galun1926-alivePalestine (Israel)IsraelCulicidae, Ixodida, PediculidaePhysiology, ecologyNatalia A. Filippova1930–2018USSR (Russia)USSR (Russia)IxodidaTaxonomy, epidemiologyM. Dora Feliciangeli1940–2017ItalyVenezuela, ItalyTriatominae, PhlebotominaeEpidemiology, biology, genetics, taxonomyM. Cristina Ferro1947–2015ColombiaColombiaPhlebotominae, Culicidae, ReduviidaeTaxonomy, biology, ecology, epidemiologyClara L. Maass a1876–1901USAUSA,CubaNot applicableDied in yellow fever transmission experiments a Honorable mention