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Page viii
... head ( between pages 216 and 217 ) ( a ) A typical acalyptrate fly , Stenodryomyza formosa , from Japan . ( b and c ) typical calyptrate flies , the South African Tachinid Billaea , and the Japanese bluebottle Calliphora lata 22 Head of ...
... head ( between pages 216 and 217 ) ( a ) A typical acalyptrate fly , Stenodryomyza formosa , from Japan . ( b and c ) typical calyptrate flies , the South African Tachinid Billaea , and the Japanese bluebottle Calliphora lata 22 Head of ...
Page ix
... Head of the seaweed fly , Coelopa frigida . 3 Head of a male of the Dolichopodid fly Megistostylus longicornis . 4 Heads of two Streblid flies , parasites in the fur of bats . 5 The antenna of a tsetse - fly . 6 Egg of a Muscid fly . 7 ...
... Head of the seaweed fly , Coelopa frigida . 3 Head of a male of the Dolichopodid fly Megistostylus longicornis . 4 Heads of two Streblid flies , parasites in the fur of bats . 5 The antenna of a tsetse - fly . 6 Egg of a Muscid fly . 7 ...
Page 237
... head is a grotesque struc- ture apparently sitting on top of the thorax ( figure 37 ) . Indeed , any one seeing a Nycteribiid for the first time is likely to mistake the under surface for the upper , and fail to find the head at all ...
... head is a grotesque struc- ture apparently sitting on top of the thorax ( figure 37 ) . Indeed , any one seeing a Nycteribiid for the first time is likely to mistake the under surface for the upper , and fail to find the head at all ...
Contents
THE PATTERN OF FLIES 3 | 3 |
THE LIFEHISTORY OF FLIES | 12 |
Part | 27 |
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