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... acalyptrates and calyptrates , maggot- like larvae are the rule . The maggot has no hardened head - capsule , and ... acalyptrate and calyptrate families have ex- ploited almost all the possible larval habitats . It seems likely that ...
... acalyptrates and calyptrates , maggot- like larvae are the rule . The maggot has no hardened head - capsule , and ... acalyptrate and calyptrate families have ex- ploited almost all the possible larval habitats . It seems likely that ...
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... acalyptrate flies are little understood , and undoubtedly such larval habits as that of feeding in the tissues of ... acalyptrates , both structurally and in their natural history . We may begin with the versatile and successful family ...
... acalyptrate flies are little understood , and undoubtedly such larval habits as that of feeding in the tissues of ... acalyptrates , both structurally and in their natural history . We may begin with the versatile and successful family ...
Page 193
... acalyptrate flies have rediscovered the art . We have already noted Halidayella of the Lauxaniidae , making galls in clovers and in Viola . In Chloropidae , Lipara lucens makes a large , elongate gall in the reed Arundo , and we shall ...
... acalyptrate flies have rediscovered the art . We have already noted Halidayella of the Lauxaniidae , making galls in clovers and in Viola . In Chloropidae , Lipara lucens makes a large , elongate gall in the reed Arundo , and we shall ...
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THE PATTERN OF FLIES 3 | 3 |
THE LIFEHISTORY OF FLIES | 12 |
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