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Page 97
... Chrysops , which reverse the pattern of Haematopota : in place of banded eyes and spotted wings , Chrysops has spotted eyes and banded wings , and the body is usually brightly patterned in yellow and black . In North America they are ...
... Chrysops , which reverse the pattern of Haematopota : in place of banded eyes and spotted wings , Chrysops has spotted eyes and banded wings , and the body is usually brightly patterned in yellow and black . In North America they are ...
Page 104
... Chrysops , and indeed one genus called Tabanocella looks like a large Chrysops , and behaves in the same way . But members of this tribe of horse - flies are predomi- nantly breeders in rot - holes in trees . The adults look more like ...
... Chrysops , and indeed one genus called Tabanocella looks like a large Chrysops , and behaves in the same way . But members of this tribe of horse - flies are predomi- nantly breeders in rot - holes in trees . The adults look more like ...
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... Chrysops discalis . 1922 The Connals confirmed that Loa loa is passed from man to man by Chrysops silacea and C. dimidiata . 1926 Blacklock showed that the filarial worm Onchocerca volvulus is carried in Africa by the black - fly ...
... Chrysops discalis . 1922 The Connals confirmed that Loa loa is passed from man to man by Chrysops silacea and C. dimidiata . 1926 Blacklock showed that the filarial worm Onchocerca volvulus is carried in Africa by the black - fly ...
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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