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Page 39
This genus has been the entomological equivalent of a stateless person; having
at one time been placed with the midges of the family Mycetophilidae, and
ejected from there, it is now grouped with Anisopus, but the arrangement is not
entirely ...
This genus has been the entomological equivalent of a stateless person; having
at one time been placed with the midges of the family Mycetophilidae, and
ejected from there, it is now grouped with Anisopus, but the arrangement is not
entirely ...
Page 42
Larvae of Mycetophilidae and Sciaridae are essentially terrestrial, and usually
have eight pairs of open spiracles, one pair on the thorax and seven on the
abdomen. They are slender, worm-like creatures, only a few millimetres long,
with a ...
Larvae of Mycetophilidae and Sciaridae are essentially terrestrial, and usually
have eight pairs of open spiracles, one pair on the thorax and seven on the
abdomen. They are slender, worm-like creatures, only a few millimetres long,
with a ...
Page 43
The larvae of these two families will tackle almost any kind of debris, with the
Sciaridae perhaps inclining towards a higher concentration of animal proteins,
Mycetophilidae perhaps more attracted by moulds and fungal spores. Thus they ...
The larvae of these two families will tackle almost any kind of debris, with the
Sciaridae perhaps inclining towards a higher concentration of animal proteins,
Mycetophilidae perhaps more attracted by moulds and fungal spores. Thus they ...
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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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