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THE INSIDE OUT OF FLIES
by Erica McAlister |
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2020, 288 pages, 150 full color, and black and white photographs, illustrations and diagrams, table, further reading, index.
The Inside Out of Flies is an under-the-hood look at the astonishing mechanics of fly anatomy. Erica McAlister rev |
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THE BLACK FLIES (SIMULIIDAE) OF
NORTH AMERICA
by Peter H. Adler, Douglas C. Currie & D. Monty Wood |
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2004, 960 pages, 150 color illustrations on 24 plates, 97 b/w photos, 887 line dwgs., 253 maps, tables. Compiles authors' previously unpublished research and
nearly all pulished information on North America black flies. Treats all aspects within the |
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FRUIT FLIES (Tephritidae): Phylogeny and Evolution of
Behavior
Martin Aluja & Allen Norrbom, editors |
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Special price - 40% discount; $116.00 off list price of $290.00.
1999, 984 pages. Definitive treatment bridges the information gap in this highly visible group of insects. It serves as a blueprint for basic and ap |
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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SYSTEMATICS AND ECOLOGY OF AQUATIC DIPTERA A tribute to Ole A. Sćther Trond Andersen, editor |
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2007, 364 pages, b/w line drawings throughout, tables. This book contains 35 research articles on aquatic diptera written by specialists from around the world. Although most of the papers deal wih the Chironomidae family, other aquatic diptera famili |
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MOSQUITOES AND THEIR CONTROL, second edition
by Norbert Becker, et al. |
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2010, 577 pages, 700+ drawings. This volume presents a wealth of information on the bionomics, systematics, ecology, research techniques and control of both nuisance and disease vector mosquitoes in an easily readable style, providing practical guid |
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NEOTROPICAL CERATOPOGONIDAE (Diptera: Insecta)
by Art Borkent & Gustavo R. Spinelli |
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2007, 198 pages, richly illustrated. This book brings together, for the first time, all known information on the 51 genera and 1,095 described Neotropical species of biting midges. An overview of the group includes a discussion of bionomics, adaptati |
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MANUAL OF CENTRAL AMERICAN DIPTERA Volumes 1 and 2 Brian V. Brown, A. Borkent, J.M. Cumming, D.M. Wood, N.E. Woodley & M. Zumbado, editors |
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True flies, or Diptera, are an exceedingly diverse and tremendously important group of animals not only because of their impact on human health, but also because of their varied roles as decomposers, herbivores, predators and parasites of other anima |
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FLOWER FLIES OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY
by Brian V. Brown, James N. Hogue & F. Christian Thompson |
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2011, 28 pages, color photos throughout. This booklet discusses the behavior of about 20 flower flies (Syrphidae) commonly found in Southern California gardens and parks. It contains interesting information about these flies along with excellent clos |
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TABANINI OF THAILAND ABOVE THE ISTHMUS OF KRA (Diptera: Tabanidae) by John J.S. Burton |
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1978, 166 pages, map, 20 plates with 80 b/w photos. This book reviews a study of the rich Thai faun. There are 31 species of horseflies described as new and 24 nominal taxa newly synonymized, easily found in the species accounts and synonymy. Compreh |
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A DIPTERIST'S HANDBOOK, Second Edition
Peter Chandler, editor, with contributions by 42 other authors |
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2010, 525 pages, 32 color plates, 45 text figures. This handbook provides a valuable reference for everyone interested in the study of flies, both beginners and experienced dipterists. Since the first edition appeared in 1978, there have been consid |
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AËDES AEGYPTI The Yellow Fever Mosqquito: Its Life History, Bionomics and Structure by Sir Rickard Christophers |
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2009, 752 pages, b/w line drawings. Aëdes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito, is widely used as a laboratory type for research on the bionomics, structure and physiology of the mosquito and for many other research purposes, such as in the test |
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THE BIOLOGY OF MOSQUITOES, Volumes 1, 2 and 3
by Alan N. Clements |
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Volume 1: Development, Nutrition and Reproduction 1992, 532 pp., illus. A detailed account of the embryology, growth and metamorphosis of mosquitoes, the nutrition of larvae and adults, and egg production by the adult females. Physiolo |
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THE OESTRID FLIES: Biology, Host-Parasite Relationships, Impact and Management
by D.D. Colwell, M.J.R. Hall & P.J. Scholl |
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2006, 359 pages, b/w photos, charts, tables. This book is an in-depth review and analysis of the biology of adults and larvae of Oestrid flies, commonly known as botfly, warble fly and screw worm. These flies are a major pest of domestic and wild ani |
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A REVISION OF THE GENUS
PIPIZA FALLÉN (Diptera, Syrphidae) OF AMERICA NORTH OF MEXICO by Gary A. Coovert |
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1996, 68 pages, b/w drawings, dot-distribution maps. Provides a revised
classification of Syrphidae with key to 11 species (two new). Contains descriptions or redescriptions of type, comparisons, notes on distribution, range maps, flower records, an |
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NEOTROPICAL SIMULIIDAE (Diptera: Insecta)
by Sixto Coscarón & Cecilia L. Coscarón Arias Peter H Adler, Scientific Reader to the Editors |
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2007, 685 pages, (135 pp. of multiple b/w drawings), 19 maps. Immature stages of black flies are present in most Neotropical freshwater streams and rivers, and adults are well known to nearby human populations by the adult female's bite. This compreh |
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