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... structure or pattern , these have rarely any obvious re- lation to the way of life of the fly , as they have in the ... structures for special purposes , notably the piercing proboscis of tsetse - flies and of the stable fly , Stomoxys ...
... structure or pattern , these have rarely any obvious re- lation to the way of life of the fly , as they have in the ... structures for special purposes , notably the piercing proboscis of tsetse - flies and of the stable fly , Stomoxys ...
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... structure occurs in several related families of flies , in Mydaidae , Apioceridae and Therevidae , and indicates that these are closely related to the robber - flies , as we also believe from other evidence , to which we shall return ...
... structure occurs in several related families of flies , in Mydaidae , Apioceridae and Therevidae , and indicates that these are closely related to the robber - flies , as we also believe from other evidence , to which we shall return ...
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... structure and behaviour . Male Piophila indulge in a queer little mating dance round a stationary female , but have none of the wing - spots or leg- structures to help them . The larvae of Piophila feed in highly nutritious animal ...
... structure and behaviour . Male Piophila indulge in a queer little mating dance round a stationary female , but have none of the wing - spots or leg- structures to help them . The larvae of Piophila feed in highly nutritious animal ...
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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