Author: Ookeow Beaver
Publisher:
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Category : Sciomyzidae
Languages : en
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Author: Lloyd Knutson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521867851
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 531

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Written for academic researchers and graduate students in entomology, this is the first comprehensive analysis of Sciomyzid flies. Sciomyzid flies are important as prime candidates for the biological control of snails and slugs that help transmit diseases such as schistosomiasis or are important agricultural pests. They also serve as a paradigm for the study of the evolution of feeding behavior in predatory insects. Starting with analyses of malacophagy in general and then in Diptera specifically, all important aspects of the Sciomyzidae are discussed, including behavior, ecology, life cycles, morphology, and identification. New behavioral and morphological classifications and hypotheses are proposed on the basis of unpublished information and a complete analysis of the extensive literature. Also included are keys to adults, larvae and puparia and a checklist of world species, with information on geographical range and the location of type specimens. The accompanying DVD includes Clifford O. Berg's classic film on the biology of Sciomyzidae and biological control of snails.

Author: G. M. Barker
Publisher: CABI
ISBN: 9780851990613
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 666

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This book provides the first coherent examination of the vast literature on the diversity of organisms that constitute the natural enemies of terrestrial molluscs. In a series of review chapters, it provides an authoritative synthesis of current research on predators, parasites and pathogens and how they might be used to control mollusc pests.

Author: Lloyd Knutson
Publisher:
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Category : Diptera
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: B. A. Foote
Publisher:
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Category : Diptera
Languages : en
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Author: T. W. Fisher
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520096653
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 130

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Author: Ferrar
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004533931
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 476

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The print edition is available as a set of two volumes (9789004085398).

Author: Daniel Braisted Peacock
Publisher:
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Category : Diptera
Languages : en
Pages : 122

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Author: Oosterbroek
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004631348
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 239

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The first volume to appear in a new series of handbooks deals with the ca. 115 families of Diptera (flies and Mosquitoes) known or suspected to occur in the islands of Malesia. Diptera constitute one of the larger orders of insects, and are generally considered to be a taxonomically difficult group, even at the family level. They include various economically important groups, some for example acting as vectors of diseases in man and cattle, while others are beneficial in pest control by virtue of their parasitic of predatory habits. In this work, each family is characterised, and a key using characters of the adult insects enables identification to family level. In addition, information is provided on biology, ecology, economic importance, distribution, and status of taxonomic knowledge, with key references to each family. It further includes an introduction to the higher classification, general biology and morphology, with an extensive glossary. The text is illustrated with more than 200 line drawings. An exhaustive and up-to-date list of references facilitates access to the pertinent literature. For this book, the author has worked together with world specialists of the respective families. The Families of Diptera of the Malay Archipelago will be an indispensable tool for all those working in the fields of ecology, systematic biology, and conservation, as well as applied biology.

Author: Amnon Freidberg
Publisher:
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Category : Myodocopida
Languages : en
Pages : 268

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