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... perhaps as many as 10,000 . Only an insignificant fraction of these species has been bred , or their habits studied . The Tipulinae and Cylindrotomini , Tany- deridae and perhaps such genera as Mycetobia , are groups that have had their ...
... perhaps as many as 10,000 . Only an insignificant fraction of these species has been bred , or their habits studied . The Tipulinae and Cylindrotomini , Tany- deridae and perhaps such genera as Mycetobia , are groups that have had their ...
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... perhaps because they do not get about much , and perhaps because they have a short life as an individual . There are all stages from having a long slender proboscis and feeding at flowers , to having no visible mouthparts at all . This ...
... perhaps because they do not get about much , and perhaps because they have a short life as an individual . There are all stages from having a long slender proboscis and feeding at flowers , to having no visible mouthparts at all . This ...
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... perhaps revealing to know the condition in Tabanoidea . Carpenter [ 39 ] estimated that on the basis of known fossils , Dip- tera constituted 3 % of the insect fauna of the Permian , 5 % of the Mesozoic , 27 % of Tertiary , and only 10 ...
... perhaps revealing to know the condition in Tabanoidea . Carpenter [ 39 ] estimated that on the basis of known fossils , Dip- tera constituted 3 % of the insect fauna of the Permian , 5 % of the Mesozoic , 27 % of Tertiary , and only 10 ...
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THE PATTERN OF FLIES 3 | 3 |
THE LIFEHISTORY OF FLIES | 12 |
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