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Page 55
... piercing proboscis , with a pair of man- dibles like the blades of scissors , quite similar to those of Phlebotomus , the sand - flies of the previous family , and to Simuliidae , the black- flies of the next . At any rate when they are ...
... piercing proboscis , with a pair of man- dibles like the blades of scissors , quite similar to those of Phlebotomus , the sand - flies of the previous family , and to Simuliidae , the black- flies of the next . At any rate when they are ...
Page 110
... piercing and sucking blood with the help of stylet - like mandibles and maxillae . When we meet blood- sucking flies again , they will have taken up the habit afresh , and , having lost their mandibles and maxillae , will have had to ...
... piercing and sucking blood with the help of stylet - like mandibles and maxillae . When we meet blood- sucking flies again , they will have taken up the habit afresh , and , having lost their mandibles and maxillae , will have had to ...
Page 230
... piercing proboscis is formed from the stem of the labium , and the labella , which are spongy lobes in house - flies , are hard , small , and insignificant in Hippoboscidae ; whereas in Streblidae and Nycteribiidae it is the labella ...
... piercing proboscis is formed from the stem of the labium , and the labella , which are spongy lobes in house - flies , are hard , small , and insignificant in Hippoboscidae ; whereas in Streblidae and Nycteribiidae it is the labella ...
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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