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Page 54
... primitive Nematocera , and for this reason , mainly , fleas are considered to be wingless descendants of a primitive fly . D. E. Hardy says in his Insects of Hawaii : ' Some of the Psychodids are among the most primitive of Diptera ...
... primitive Nematocera , and for this reason , mainly , fleas are considered to be wingless descendants of a primitive fly . D. E. Hardy says in his Insects of Hawaii : ' Some of the Psychodids are among the most primitive of Diptera ...
Page 108
... primitive horse - flies . For technical reasons they are now removed from that family , though clearly they are a sidebranch of it . A second group of primitive genera are assembled into the family Xylophagidae , although their wood ...
... primitive horse - flies . For technical reasons they are now removed from that family , though clearly they are a sidebranch of it . A second group of primitive genera are assembled into the family Xylophagidae , although their wood ...
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... Primitive , scattered communities may suffer little so long as they do not actually live in the marshy areas where the flies are very abun- dant , and which primitive people learn to avoid , and often protect by taboo . When the people ...
... Primitive , scattered communities may suffer little so long as they do not actually live in the marshy areas where the flies are very abun- dant , and which primitive people learn to avoid , and often protect by taboo . When the people ...
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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