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... mouthparts are drawn out still further . In Elephantomyia and other genera the entire snout has become a fine , tubular proboscis , many times the length of the head , and the actual mouthparts at its tip are greatly reduced in size ...
... mouthparts are drawn out still further . In Elephantomyia and other genera the entire snout has become a fine , tubular proboscis , many times the length of the head , and the actual mouthparts at its tip are greatly reduced in size ...
Page 30
... mouthparts are drawn out still further . In Elephantomyia and other genera the entire snout has become a fine , tubular proboscis , many times the length of the head , and the actual mouthparts at its tip are greatly reduced in size ...
... mouthparts are drawn out still further . In Elephantomyia and other genera the entire snout has become a fine , tubular proboscis , many times the length of the head , and the actual mouthparts at its tip are greatly reduced in size ...
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... mouthparts as the bloodsucking Nematocera , and he rightly assumes that they have inherited them from a common ancestor . I have pointed out the sharp division that occurs between the Tabanoidea and the Asiloidea , and that these other ...
... mouthparts as the bloodsucking Nematocera , and he rightly assumes that they have inherited them from a common ancestor . I have pointed out the sharp division that occurs between the Tabanoidea and the Asiloidea , and that these other ...
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THE PATTERN OF FLIES 3 | 3 |
THE LIFEHISTORY OF FLIES | 12 |
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