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... Head of the seaweed fly , Coelopa frigida . Head of a male of the Dolichopodid fly Megistostylus longicornis . 499 6 ΙΟ 5 The antenna of a tsetse - fly . 13 15 17 18 4 Heads of two Streblid flies , parasites in the fur of bats . 6 Egg ...
... Head of the seaweed fly , Coelopa frigida . Head of a male of the Dolichopodid fly Megistostylus longicornis . 499 6 ΙΟ 5 The antenna of a tsetse - fly . 13 15 17 18 4 Heads of two Streblid flies , parasites in the fur of bats . 6 Egg ...
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Harold Oldroyd. on top of the head by a deep trough that is a feature of robber - flies . The head , made up in this way principally of the eyes , is relatively short and broad , and the facets that point forward are often fewer and ...
Harold Oldroyd. on top of the head by a deep trough that is a feature of robber - flies . The head , made up in this way principally of the eyes , is relatively short and broad , and the facets that point forward are often fewer and ...
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... head is a grotesque struc- ture apparently sitting on top of the thorax ( figure 37 ) . Indeed , any one seeing a Nycteribiid for the first time is likely to mistake the under surface for the upper , and fail to find the head at all ...
... head is a grotesque struc- ture apparently sitting on top of the thorax ( figure 37 ) . Indeed , any one seeing a Nycteribiid for the first time is likely to mistake the under surface for the upper , and fail to find the head at all ...
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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