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... Trypetidae make good use of such an ovipositor - like a miniature fountain - pen in shape – to insert their eggs below the rind of young fruit , or into the flower of composite flowers . Trypetidae have turned over almost completely to ...
... Trypetidae make good use of such an ovipositor - like a miniature fountain - pen in shape – to insert their eggs below the rind of young fruit , or into the flower of composite flowers . Trypetidae have turned over almost completely to ...
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... Trypetidae stray from this restricted range of larval habitats . One of these few is Rioxa termitoxena , which breeds in the burrows of the Australian tree - living termites Mastotermes darwin- iensis and Calotermes irregularis . The ...
... Trypetidae stray from this restricted range of larval habitats . One of these few is Rioxa termitoxena , which breeds in the burrows of the Australian tree - living termites Mastotermes darwin- iensis and Calotermes irregularis . The ...
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... Trypetidae are Otitidae ( better known , perhaps as Ortalidae ) , Lonchaeidae , and a number of small ' splinter groups ' : Pallop- teridae , Ulidiidae , and so on . Except to the specialist , they are diffi- cult to separate from ...
... Trypetidae are Otitidae ( better known , perhaps as Ortalidae ) , Lonchaeidae , and a number of small ' splinter groups ' : Pallop- teridae , Ulidiidae , and so on . Except to the specialist , they are diffi- cult to separate from ...
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THE PATTERN OF FLIES 3 | 3 |
THE LIFEHISTORY OF FLIES | 12 |
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