Manual of Central American Diptera, Volume 1Volume 1 covers 42 of the 106 families of flies (sometimes termed the Lower Diptera) and also includes introductory chapters dealing with morphology and terminology, natural history, economic importance and phylogeny of Diptera, as well as keys to all the Central American fly families for both the adult and larval stages. The text is accompanied by over 1500 line drawings and 144 color photographs of flies. |
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Contents
Section 24 | 341 |
Section 25 | 347 |
Section 26 | 350 |
Section 27 | 357 |
Section 28 | 359 |
Section 29 | 361 |
Section 30 | 365 |
Section 31 | 369 |
Section 9 | 247 |
Section 10 | 259 |
Section 11 | 265 |
Section 12 | 267 |
Section 13 | 279 |
Section 14 | 286 |
Section 15 | 288 |
Section 16 | 289 |
Section 17 | 293 |
Section 18 | 296 |
Section 19 | 303 |
Section 20 | 305 |
Section 21 | 319 |
Section 22 | 326 |
Section 23 | 337 |
Section 32 | 375 |
Section 33 | 376 |
Section 34 | 382 |
Section 35 | 389 |
Section 36 | 393 |
Section 37 | 395 |
Section 38 | 396 |
Section 39 | 407 |
Section 40 | 417 |
Section 41 | 426 |
Section 42 | 428 |
Section 43 | 437 |
Section 44 | 446 |
Section 45 | 448 |
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Common terms and phrases
abdominal segment absent Adults aedeagus Alexander antenna apex apical arista-like stylus Asilidae basal biology Bombyliidae Borkent Brazil bristles cell Central America Central American species Ceratopogonidae cercus Chironomidae claws Coquillett Costa Rica crossvein CuA1 CuA2 described species Diptera distal dorsal view elongate Enderlein Entomological Society epandrium fauna female flagellomeres flagellum flies foretibia frons Gelhaus genera genus gonocoxite gonostylus habitats hairs head capsule hind tibia Holarctic immature stages Irwin Kieffer known from Central known from Costa larvae lateral view legs length lobe Loew Macquart Meigen Mexico midges Mohrig mouthparts Mydidae Nearctic Neotropical Neotropical Region Neotropical species occur in Central Osten Sacken palpus Panama Papavero pedicel posterior spiracles present proboscis Psychodidae pupae scape sclerotized scutellum scutum setae short Simulium slender South America species are known specimens spines spiracles spiracular sternite Stratiomyidae subfamily subgenus tarsomere tergite Therevidae thorax Tipulidae tropical undescribed usually vein wing margin Wirth Woodley
Bibliographic information
| Title | Manual of Central American Diptera, Volume 1 Manual of Central American Diptera, Brian Victor Brown |
| Author | Brian Victor Brown |
| Editor | Brian Victor Brown |
| Contributor | National Research Council Canada |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | NRC Research Press, 2009 |
| ISBN | 0660198339, 9780660198330 |
| Length | 714 pages |
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