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... African ones . Now look at Haematopota . The Palaearctic region has about 50 species , the Oriental region about 70 , and Africa south of the Sahara about 180. North America has five , only two of which are at all familiar insects ...
... African ones . Now look at Haematopota . The Palaearctic region has about 50 species , the Oriental region about 70 , and Africa south of the Sahara about 180. North America has five , only two of which are at all familiar insects ...
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... Africa , and Lepiselaga crassipes in South America have independently learned to support themselves on the broad leaves of the Nile cabbage , Pistia stratiotes . The African larvae , and the pupae which live in the same situation , are ...
... Africa , and Lepiselaga crassipes in South America have independently learned to support themselves on the broad leaves of the Nile cabbage , Pistia stratiotes . The African larvae , and the pupae which live in the same situation , are ...
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... Africa south of the Sahara , plus a tiny area of the Aden Peninsula , though this gives them a range of over 4 ... Africa . The first European travellers in Africa tell of the ' fly ' , which killed a b 29. ( a ) Blow - flies , 248 THE ...
... Africa south of the Sahara , plus a tiny area of the Aden Peninsula , though this gives them a range of over 4 ... Africa . The first European travellers in Africa tell of the ' fly ' , which killed a b 29. ( a ) Blow - flies , 248 THE ...
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THE PATTERN OF FLIES 32 | 3 |
THE LIFEHISTORY OF FLIES | 12 |
CRANEFLIES | 29 |
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abdomen acalyptrate actively adapted adult flies African Agromyzidae animals appearance aquatic larvae Asilidae attack bats bee-flies bees behaviour biological birds biting black-flies blood bloodsucking blow-flies body Bombyliidae Brachycera breed Calliphora carnivorous Cecidomyiidae Chapter Chironomidae Chloropidae Chrysops crane-flies Cyclorrhapha decaying developed Diptera disease Dolichopodidae dung egg-laying eggs emerge Empididae Empids Ephydridae evolution evolutionary evolved eyes families of flies female flight flowers genera genus gnats habit habitats head Hippoboscidae horse-flies host hover-flies hovering insects known large numbers larvae larvae feed larvae live legs Lucilia maggot males mammals mandibles mating midges mosquitoes mouthparts Muscidae Mycetophilidae Nematocera nests non-biting Nycteribiidae organic oxygen parasites perhaps Phorids piercing plants prey primitive proboscis pupae pupal pupate robber-flies seen Simulium skin soil sometimes species spiracles stage Stratiomyidae Streblidae sub-family suck surface swarms Syrphid Syrphidae Tabanidae Tabanus terrestrial thorax tion tissues tropical Trypetidae tsetse-flies vegetation wasps wings