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... Cyclorrhapha is a type of larva that seems most suited to a parasitic life , although in practice such larvae live in a great range of organic materials . He concluded that the maggot might originally have been developed for a parasitic ...
... Cyclorrhapha is a type of larva that seems most suited to a parasitic life , although in practice such larvae live in a great range of organic materials . He concluded that the maggot might originally have been developed for a parasitic ...
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... Cyclorrhapha by the ' rat - tailed larvae ' of certain hover - flies ( Syrphi- dae ) , and by the Ephydrid Ptychomyza . The larvae of these flies are remarkably alike , though the adult flies are very dissimilar . Somewhat like the ...
... Cyclorrhapha by the ' rat - tailed larvae ' of certain hover - flies ( Syrphi- dae ) , and by the Ephydrid Ptychomyza . The larvae of these flies are remarkably alike , though the adult flies are very dissimilar . Somewhat like the ...
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... Cyclorrhapha ; older authors usually put them at the very end of Brachycera , but I think they are best seen as a collateral branch of the Cyclorrhapha . The peculiarities that we have just noted are also to be found among Hippoboscidae ...
... Cyclorrhapha ; older authors usually put them at the very end of Brachycera , but I think they are best seen as a collateral branch of the Cyclorrhapha . The peculiarities that we have just noted are also to be found among Hippoboscidae ...
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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