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Page 78
... human malaria , and are the smaller and more homogeneous tribe . Culicini are a more varied tribe , both in the habits of the adults and in the diseases they transmit . Any reference to ' mosquitoes ' in what follows , may be taken as ...
... human malaria , and are the smaller and more homogeneous tribe . Culicini are a more varied tribe , both in the habits of the adults and in the diseases they transmit . Any reference to ' mosquitoes ' in what follows , may be taken as ...
Page 176
... human way of thinking . They breed in excrement and carrion , particularly if it is in a semi - liquid state . Closely related to Sepsis is Piophila , given a separate family because it avoids the extravagances of the Sepsids both in ...
... human way of thinking . They breed in excrement and carrion , particularly if it is in a semi - liquid state . Closely related to Sepsis is Piophila , given a separate family because it avoids the extravagances of the Sepsids both in ...
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... human blood , while related flies attack pigs and wart - hogs in the same way . Here we have what is apparently the only fly that is strictly evolved along with man , and an interesting commentary on the current theory that Africa was ...
... human blood , while related flies attack pigs and wart - hogs in the same way . Here we have what is apparently the only fly that is strictly evolved along with man , and an interesting commentary on the current theory that Africa was ...
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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