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... genera , with only a few species in each , and there are no huge genera comparable with Tabanus , Haematopota , or Chrysops , each with its multitude of still- evolving species . Stratiomyidae seem to have made their great effort some ...
... genera , with only a few species in each , and there are no huge genera comparable with Tabanus , Haematopota , or Chrysops , each with its multitude of still- evolving species . Stratiomyidae seem to have made their great effort some ...
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... genera such as Camilla , Diastata , Aulacigaster , and so on . Among the systematists the ' lumpers ' put all these into the one family , while the ' splitters ' make separate families for some of them ; biologically this consensus of ...
... genera such as Camilla , Diastata , Aulacigaster , and so on . Among the systematists the ' lumpers ' put all these into the one family , while the ' splitters ' make separate families for some of them ; biologically this consensus of ...
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... genera , and there is a sharp difference between those of the Old World and the New . While the number of species in the two hemi- spheres is about the same , the Old World has only four genera , while the New World has sixteen ...
... genera , and there is a sharp difference between those of the Old World and the New . While the number of species in the two hemi- spheres is about the same , the Old World has only four genera , while the New World has sixteen ...
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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