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... Nycteribiidae , also restricted to bats . The fact that these two families share the same hosts only serves to emphasize the striking differences between Streblidae and Nycteribiidae . Nycteribiidae never have wings , and have evidently ...
... Nycteribiidae , also restricted to bats . The fact that these two families share the same hosts only serves to emphasize the striking differences between Streblidae and Nycteribiidae . Nycteribiidae never have wings , and have evidently ...
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... Nycteribiidae on the contrary are much more diverse in the Old World than in the New , where , apart from two primitive species of Hershkovitzia , all the species belong to one genus , Basilia , and live on vespertilionine bats . In the ...
... Nycteribiidae on the contrary are much more diverse in the Old World than in the New , where , apart from two primitive species of Hershkovitzia , all the species belong to one genus , Basilia , and live on vespertilionine bats . In the ...
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... Nycteribiidae on the contrary are much more diverse in the Old World than in the New , where , apart from two primitive species of Hershkovitzia , all the species belong to one genus , Basilia , and live on vespertilionine bats . In the ...
... Nycteribiidae on the contrary are much more diverse in the Old World than in the New , where , apart from two primitive species of Hershkovitzia , all the species belong to one genus , Basilia , and live on vespertilionine bats . In the ...
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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