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... thorax and at the tip of the abdomen . In this , in having abdominal plates , and in their habitat , they are remarkably like some Psycho- dids , particularly those that we have mentioned as flourishing in sewage filter - beds , where ...
... thorax and at the tip of the abdomen . In this , in having abdominal plates , and in their habitat , they are remarkably like some Psycho- dids , particularly those that we have mentioned as flourishing in sewage filter - beds , where ...
Page 149
... thorax and abdo- men . With the reduction of the flight muscles the plates of the thorax become thinner , and either reduced in area or fused together , and the females of some have settled for a life of inactivity , with the abdomen ...
... thorax and abdo- men . With the reduction of the flight muscles the plates of the thorax become thinner , and either reduced in area or fused together , and the females of some have settled for a life of inactivity , with the abdomen ...
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Harold Oldroyd. thorax is little more than a framework of hard chitin , joined together with large areas of soft membrane , and the head is a grotesque struc- ture apparently sitting on top of the thorax ( figure 37 ) . Indeed , any one ...
Harold Oldroyd. thorax is little more than a framework of hard chitin , joined together with large areas of soft membrane , and the head is a grotesque struc- ture apparently sitting on top of the thorax ( figure 37 ) . Indeed , any one ...
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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