The Natural History of Flies |
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... known flies , somewhere between 40,000 and 60,000 species throughout the world , belong to this branch , so ... known . Collectively known as Tabanoidea , this group of families looks back towards the gnats and water - midges of the ...
... known flies , somewhere between 40,000 and 60,000 species throughout the world , belong to this branch , so ... known . Collectively known as Tabanoidea , this group of families looks back towards the gnats and water - midges of the ...
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... known about them , but what is known supports the view that the family is primitively terrestrial . The larvae of Rhagio and of Chryso- pilus live in damp soil , leaf - mould , rotting wood , those media that harbour so many dipterous ...
... known about them , but what is known supports the view that the family is primitively terrestrial . The larvae of Rhagio and of Chryso- pilus live in damp soil , leaf - mould , rotting wood , those media that harbour so many dipterous ...
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... known , perhaps as Ortalidae ) , Lonchaeidae , and a number of small ' splinter groups ' : Pallop- teridae , Ulidiidae , and so on . Except to the specialist , they are diffi- cult to separate from Trypetidae , but biologically their ...
... known , perhaps as Ortalidae ) , Lonchaeidae , and a number of small ' splinter groups ' : Pallop- teridae , Ulidiidae , and so on . Except to the specialist , they are diffi- cult to separate from Trypetidae , but biologically their ...
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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