Ecomorphology of Cyclorrhaphan Larvae (Diptera)
Ecomorphology of Cyclorrhaphan Larvae (Diptera)

Author: Graham E. Rotheray

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-07-21

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 3319925466

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This book offers an overview of the larva of Diptera Cyclorrhapha. It first discusses the principal forms, functions and roles of larvae, and then evaluates feeding, locomotion and respiration in larval saprophages, phytophages and zoophages as keys to understanding and predicting larval morphology. It also highlights how the environment affects morphology, the adaptiveness of morphological features and compares the adaptive features. Assessing the larval attributes that have the potential to explain the success of the Cyclorrhapha, the book also suggests future research directions and provides a summary of main findings and conclusions. As such, it appeals to entomologists, evolutionary biologists and Diptera researchers in all fields.

Blowflies (Diptera, Calliphoridae) of Fennoscandia and Denmark
Blowflies (Diptera, Calliphoridae) of Fennoscandia and Denmark

Author: Rognes

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2024-03-11

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 9004273492

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The Calliphoridae are a widespread family of insects of great medical, veterinary and forensic importance. They encompass, among others, the familiar greenbottle and bluebottle filth flies. The book presents a taxonomic revision of the blowflies of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Keys and diagnoses, descriptions, summaries of distribution and biology are given for all taxa. Male and female genitalia are illustrated in great detail. The nomenclature is revised and numerous new specific and generic synonymies are established. Full references to the primary literature are given. A new subfamily classification of the world Calliphoridae is proposed on the basis of cladistic principles. The definition and higher classification of the family and related groups are discussed.