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Page 58
... Chironomidae , but nowadays this name is re- stricted to the non - biting midges . Indeed some students think that Ceratopogonidae are more closely related to the Simuliidae , which we shall meet presently , than they are to the ...
... Chironomidae , but nowadays this name is re- stricted to the non - biting midges . Indeed some students think that Ceratopogonidae are more closely related to the Simuliidae , which we shall meet presently , than they are to the ...
Page 61
... Chironomidae has been referred to as pupal paedogenesis , but that it is nothing more than precocious egg - laying by the pharate adult female . Nevertheless the parthenogenesis of the Chironomidae has the same value as the paedogenesis ...
... Chironomidae has been referred to as pupal paedogenesis , but that it is nothing more than precocious egg - laying by the pharate adult female . Nevertheless the parthenogenesis of the Chironomidae has the same value as the paedogenesis ...
Page 314
... Chironomidae , 59 - of crane - flies , 31 of Dolichopodidae , 143 of Empididae , 139 , 140 of mosquitoes , 83 of Piophila , 176 of Sepsidae , 175 of Syrphidae , 155 of Tabanidae , 100 of Trypetidae , 198 of tsetse - flies , 211 mating ...
... Chironomidae , 59 - of crane - flies , 31 of Dolichopodidae , 143 of Empididae , 139 , 140 of mosquitoes , 83 of Piophila , 176 of Sepsidae , 175 of Syrphidae , 155 of Tabanidae , 100 of Trypetidae , 198 of tsetse - flies , 211 mating ...
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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