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... Hippoboscidae ; whereas in Streblidae and Nycteribiidae it is the labella themselves that are drawn out into a piercing organ . There are about a hundred species of Hippoboscidae scattered throughout the world , and almost everything of ...
... Hippoboscidae ; whereas in Streblidae and Nycteribiidae it is the labella themselves that are drawn out into a piercing organ . There are about a hundred species of Hippoboscidae scattered throughout the world , and almost everything of ...
Page 234
... Hippoboscidae cannot be matched with that of their hosts , and once again it looks as if the flies spread into a habitat rather than on to a host , and made do with the mammals that happened to be there , regardless of their zoological ...
... Hippoboscidae cannot be matched with that of their hosts , and once again it looks as if the flies spread into a habitat rather than on to a host , and made do with the mammals that happened to be there , regardless of their zoological ...
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... Hippoboscidae on , 233 Wallacea , 115 Walshe , Miss B. M. , 62 Wandolleckia , 151 , 152 , 153 warble - flies , 14 , 219 , 221 failure to spread to other regions , 221 warbles , 16 , 213 , 222 of reindeer , 222 warmer climates , flies of ...
... Hippoboscidae on , 233 Wallacea , 115 Walshe , Miss B. M. , 62 Wandolleckia , 151 , 152 , 153 warble - flies , 14 , 219 , 221 failure to spread to other regions , 221 warbles , 16 , 213 , 222 of reindeer , 222 warmer climates , flies of ...
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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