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... evolution , their food and their raison d'être , the game , is vanishing before their eyes . Tabanus , the very large genus into which most horse - flies are still grouped , is apparently older than Haematopota , and more catholic in ...
... evolution , their food and their raison d'être , the game , is vanishing before their eyes . Tabanus , the very large genus into which most horse - flies are still grouped , is apparently older than Haematopota , and more catholic in ...
Page 275
... evolution . Hence he considers that all families of Nematocera that have blood- sucking members belong to one evolutionary stock . " The non - biting species of groups [ of these families ] are irregularly scattered within normal ...
... evolution . Hence he considers that all families of Nematocera that have blood- sucking members belong to one evolutionary stock . " The non - biting species of groups [ of these families ] are irregularly scattered within normal ...
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... evolution of feeding habits of , 102 length of larval life , 105 pupae of , 105 Tabanoidea , 8 , 96 relationships of , 275 Tabanocella , 104 Tabanus , 96 recent evolution of , 98 , 99 larva of , 103 glaucopis , 103 kingi , larva of ...
... evolution of feeding habits of , 102 length of larval life , 105 pupae of , 105 Tabanoidea , 8 , 96 relationships of , 275 Tabanocella , 104 Tabanus , 96 recent evolution of , 98 , 99 larva of , 103 glaucopis , 103 kingi , larva of ...
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THE PATTERN OF FLIES 3 | 3 |
THE LIFEHISTORY OF FLIES | 12 |
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