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... bats , but difficult for the systematist who wants to examine the wing in detail . They are found only on bats , and then only in warm countries . Jobling [ 150 ] showed that their distribution falls neatly within the winter isotherm of ...
... bats , but difficult for the systematist who wants to examine the wing in detail . They are found only on bats , and then only in warm countries . Jobling [ 150 ] showed that their distribution falls neatly within the winter isotherm of ...
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... bats live more isolated lives than cave - bats , and tend to have their specific parasites , though sometimes they share these with cave - bats which make excursions into the forest and may even roost there sometimes . The most ...
... bats live more isolated lives than cave - bats , and tend to have their specific parasites , though sometimes they share these with cave - bats which make excursions into the forest and may even roost there sometimes . The most ...
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... bats congregating in caves are found to occur on a wider range of different species of bat than those living on relatively soli- tary hosts , such as fruit bats . The genus Cyclopodia favours the great flying foxes ( Pteropus ) while ...
... bats congregating in caves are found to occur on a wider range of different species of bat than those living on relatively soli- tary hosts , such as fruit bats . The genus Cyclopodia favours the great flying foxes ( Pteropus ) while ...
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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