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Page 97
... Chrysops , which reverse the pattern of Haematopota : in place of banded eyes and spotted wings , Chrysops has spotted eyes and banded wings , and the body is usually brightly patterned in yellow and black . In North America they are ...
... Chrysops , which reverse the pattern of Haematopota : in place of banded eyes and spotted wings , Chrysops has spotted eyes and banded wings , and the body is usually brightly patterned in yellow and black . In North America they are ...
Page 104
... Chrysops , and indeed one genus called Tabanocella looks like a large Chrysops , and behaves in the same way . But members of this tribe of horse - flies are predomi- nantly breeders in rot - holes in trees . The adults look more like ...
... Chrysops , and indeed one genus called Tabanocella looks like a large Chrysops , and behaves in the same way . But members of this tribe of horse - flies are predomi- nantly breeders in rot - holes in trees . The adults look more like ...
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... Chrysops discalis . The Connals confirmed that Loa loa is passed from man to man by Chrysops silacea and C. dimidiata . Blacklock showed that the filarial worm Onchocerca volvulus is carried in Africa by the black - fly Simulium ...
... Chrysops discalis . The Connals confirmed that Loa loa is passed from man to man by Chrysops silacea and C. dimidiata . Blacklock showed that the filarial worm Onchocerca volvulus is carried in Africa by the black - fly Simulium ...
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THE PATTERN OF FLIES 3 | 3 |
THE LIFEHISTORY OF FLIES | 12 |
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