Manual of Central American Diptera, Volume 2While volume 1 includes several introductory chapters and treats 42 families of flies in the Lower Diptera, volume 2 covers the remaining 64 families of flies that make up the Higher Diptera (or Cyclorrhapha). These include families of house flies, fruit flies, bot flies, flower flies and many other lesser-known groups. The text is accompanies by over 1660 line drawings and photographs. |
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Contents
Table of Contents | vii |
Authors ofVolume 2 | xiii |
Preface | xv |
PLATYPEZIDAE flatfooted flies | 715 |
LONCHOPTERIDAE spearwinged flies | 721 |
PHORIDAE humpbacked flies scuttle flies | 725 |
SYRPHIDAE flower flies hover flies | 763 |
PIPUNCULIDAE bigheaded flies | 793 |
RICHARDIIDAE richardiid flies | 871 |
ULIDIIDAE picturewinged flies | 881 |
PLATYSTOMATIDAE signal flies | 903 |
TEPHRITIDAE fruit flies moscas de frutas | 909 |
PYRGOTIDAE pyrgotid flies | 955 |
CTENOSTYLIDAE ctenostylid flies | 963 |
LAUXANIIDAE lauxaniid flies | 971 |
CHAMAEMYIIDAE chamaemyiid flies | 997 |
MICROPEZIDAE stiltlegged flies | 805 |
NERIIDAE neriid flies cactus flies | 815 |
PSEUDOPOMYZIDAE pseudopomyzid flies | 821 |
TANYPEZIDAE tanypezid flies | 827 |
SOMATIIDAE somatiid flies | 833 |
PSILIDAE rust flies psilid flies | 837 |
SYRINGOGASTRIDAE syringogastrid flies | 843 |
CONOPIDAE thickheaded flies | 847 |
LONCHAEIDAE lance flies | 857 |
PIOPHILIDAE skipper flies | 865 |
PARALEUCOPIDAE paraleucopid flies | 1009 |
COELOPIDAE kelp flies | 1013 |
SCIOMYZIDAE snailkilling flies marsh flies | 1017 |
ROPALOMERIDAE ropalomerid flies | 1025 |
SEPSIDAE black scavenger flies | 1031 |
CLUSIIDAE clusiid flies | 1041 |
ODINIIDAE odiniid flies | 1049 |
AGROMYZIDAE leafmining flies | 1057 |
ANTHOMYZIDAE anthomyzid flies | 1073 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Manual of Central American Diptera, Volume 2 Manual of Central American Diptera, Brian Victor Brown |
| Author | Brian Victor Brown |
| Contributor | National Research Council Canada |
| Publisher | NRC Research Press, 2009 |
| ISBN | 0660199580, 9780660199580 |
| Length | 16 pages |
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