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... Hippoboscidae feed upon many different mammals and birds ; Streblidae and Nycteribiidae are confined to bats . It appears most probable that these three families came from at least two different ancestors , Hippoboscidae perhaps from ...
... Hippoboscidae feed upon many different mammals and birds ; Streblidae and Nycteribiidae are confined to bats . It appears most probable that these three families came from at least two different ancestors , Hippoboscidae perhaps from ...
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... Hippoboscidae ; whereas in Streblidae and Nycteribiidae it is the labella themselves that are drawn out into a piercing organ . There are about a hundred species of Hippoboscidae scattered throughout the world , and almost everything of ...
... Hippoboscidae ; whereas in Streblidae and Nycteribiidae it is the labella themselves that are drawn out into a piercing organ . There are about a hundred species of Hippoboscidae scattered throughout the world , and almost everything of ...
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... Hippoboscidae , 164 in Syrphid larvae , 164 in Tabanidae , 103 greenhouse pests , 61 gregarious larvae of Teichomyza fusca , 186 ground pools , mosquitoes in , 89 ground temperature and hibernating flies , 268 growing plants , damaged ...
... Hippoboscidae , 164 in Syrphid larvae , 164 in Tabanidae , 103 greenhouse pests , 61 gregarious larvae of Teichomyza fusca , 186 ground pools , mosquitoes in , 89 ground temperature and hibernating flies , 268 growing plants , damaged ...
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THE LIFEHISTORY OF FLIES | 12 |
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