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The fifth family of this terrestrial group, though allied to the others in a number of
details significant to the systematise has gone a long way on a line of evolution of
its own, ending up as the unique family Cecidomyiidae, the gall-midges.
The fifth family of this terrestrial group, though allied to the others in a number of
details significant to the systematise has gone a long way on a line of evolution of
its own, ending up as the unique family Cecidomyiidae, the gall-midges.
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The entomological study of Cecidomyiidae has lagged far behind that of the plant
-galls, and behind that of other families of flies. The larvae are among the most
featureless of all maggots. A coherent understanding of this family is therefore ...
The entomological study of Cecidomyiidae has lagged far behind that of the plant
-galls, and behind that of other families of flies. The larvae are among the most
featureless of all maggots. A coherent understanding of this family is therefore ...
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Zhukovskii, A. V. (1957) The diapause in Myetiola destructor Say (Diptera:
Itonididae [= Cecidomyiidae]). Ent. Obozr. (in Russian, English summary) 36: 28-
43 (Moscow) 315. Zumpt, F. (1951) Myiasis in Man and animals in South Africa. 5
.
Zhukovskii, A. V. (1957) The diapause in Myetiola destructor Say (Diptera:
Itonididae [= Cecidomyiidae]). Ent. Obozr. (in Russian, English summary) 36: 28-
43 (Moscow) 315. Zumpt, F. (1951) Myiasis in Man and animals in South Africa. 5
.
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Contents
THE PATTERN OF FLIES | 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 Muscid Mycetophilidae Nematocera nests non-biting Nycteribiidae 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
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Natural History of Flies The World naturalist |
| Author | Harold Oldroyd |
| Publisher | Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1964 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 9 May 2007 |
| Length | 324 pages |
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