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... abdomen , and wings all narrow and elongate . They are distinguished from nearly all other related families by having the veins of the wings festooned with scales , and from all other families by the combination of scales with a long ...
... abdomen , and wings all narrow and elongate . They are distinguished from nearly all other related families by having the veins of the wings festooned with scales , and from all other families by the combination of scales with a long ...
Page 126
... abdomen like a broom , sweep- ing over the site of the egg . A great many genera of robber - flies have structures called by G. H. Hardy acanthophorites , or spine - bearing plates at the tip of the abdomen . These bear a crown of ...
... abdomen like a broom , sweep- ing over the site of the egg . A great many genera of robber - flies have structures called by G. H. Hardy acanthophorites , or spine - bearing plates at the tip of the abdomen . These bear a crown of ...
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... abdomen enlarged into a membranous bag . This again is a common feature of the parasitic Hippoboscidae . Phorid larvae and pupae are distinctly of the type that we associate with the ' higher flies ' of the Cyclorrhapha . The larvae are ...
... abdomen enlarged into a membranous bag . This again is a common feature of the parasitic Hippoboscidae . Phorid larvae and pupae are distinctly of the type that we associate with the ' higher flies ' of the Cyclorrhapha . The larvae are ...
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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