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... Brachycera , having short antennae , in contrast with the long , filamentous antenna characteris- tic of Nematocera . About two - thirds of all known flies , somewhere between 40,000 and 60,000 species throughout the world , belong to ...
... Brachycera , having short antennae , in contrast with the long , filamentous antenna characteris- tic of Nematocera . About two - thirds of all known flies , somewhere between 40,000 and 60,000 species throughout the world , belong to ...
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... Brachycera in pupating within the last larval skin . Before pupation the larva often moves out of the water , or other wet surroundings , into a drier place , soil , or leaf- mould , but some aquatic larvae remain in the water and form ...
... Brachycera in pupating within the last larval skin . Before pupation the larva often moves out of the water , or other wet surroundings , into a drier place , soil , or leaf- mould , but some aquatic larvae remain in the water and form ...
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... Brachycera ( the Tabanoidea of Chapters 8 and 9 ) have the same sort of piercing mouthparts as the bloodsucking Nematocera , and he rightly assumes that they have inherited them from a common ancestor . I have pointed out the sharp ...
... Brachycera ( the Tabanoidea of Chapters 8 and 9 ) have the same sort of piercing mouthparts as the bloodsucking Nematocera , and he rightly assumes that they have inherited them from a common ancestor . I have pointed out the sharp ...
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THE PATTERN OF FLIES 3 | 3 |
THE LIFEHISTORY OF FLIES | 12 |
Part | 27 |
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