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... Nematocera , com- prises the crane - flies and the various families of midges and gnats . The second line leads on to the house - fly and bluebottle , and has no convenient collective term . I shall call them the ' flies proper ...
... Nematocera , com- prises the crane - flies and the various families of midges and gnats . The second line leads on to the house - fly and bluebottle , and has no convenient collective term . I shall call them the ' flies proper ...
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... Nematocera . About two - thirds of all known flies , somewhere between 40,000 and 60,000 species throughout the world , belong to this branch , so obviously it is desirable to subdivide it again . Fortu- nately a natural division occurs ...
... Nematocera . About two - thirds of all known flies , somewhere between 40,000 and 60,000 species throughout the world , belong to this branch , so obviously it is desirable to subdivide it again . Fortu- nately a natural division occurs ...
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... Nematocera and Brachycera are distinctive , and can usually be named at least to the family ; Cyclorrhapha have developed the maggot as a universal type . Those that live an aquatic life , such as Ephydridae , and individual members of ...
... Nematocera and Brachycera are distinctive , and can usually be named at least to the family ; Cyclorrhapha have developed the maggot as a universal type . Those that live an aquatic life , such as Ephydridae , and individual members 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