Biology of Snail-Killing Sciomyzidae Flies
Title | Biology of Snail-Killing Sciomyzidae Flies PDF eBook |
Author | Lloyd Knutson |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 531 |
Release | 2011-09-29 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 0521867851 |
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 New behavioral and morphological classifications and hypotheses are proposed on the basis of unpublished information and a complete analysis of the extensive literature.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.
Biology of Snail-killing Flies (sepedon) from Southeast Asia (Diptera: Sciomyzidae)
Title | Biology of Snail-killing Flies (sepedon) from Southeast Asia (Diptera: Sciomyzidae) PDF eBook |
Author | Ookeow Beaver |
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Genre | Sciomyzidae |
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Biology and Immature Stages of Snail-killing Flies of Europe (Diptera: Sciomyzidae)
Title | Biology and Immature Stages of Snail-killing Flies of Europe (Diptera: Sciomyzidae) PDF eBook |
Author | Lloyd Vernon Knutson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 382 |
Release | 1982 |
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Biology and Immature Stages of Snail-killing Flies of Europe (Diptera: Sciomyzidae)
Title | Biology and Immature Stages of Snail-killing Flies of Europe (Diptera: Sciomyzidae) PDF eBook |
Author | Lloyd Knutson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 764 |
Release | 1963 |
Genre | Diptera |
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Biology and Immature Stages of Snail-killing Flies Belonging to the Genus Tetanocera (Insecta: Diptera: Sciomyzidae).
Title | Biology and Immature Stages of Snail-killing Flies Belonging to the Genus Tetanocera (Insecta: Diptera: Sciomyzidae). PDF eBook |
Author | B. A. Foote |
Publisher | |
Pages | 15 |
Release | 1996 |
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Biology and Immature Stages of the Snail-killing Flies Belonging to the Genus Tetanocera (Diptera: Sciomyzidae).
Title | Biology and Immature Stages of the Snail-killing Flies Belonging to the Genus Tetanocera (Diptera: Sciomyzidae). PDF eBook |
Author | Benjamin Archer Foote |
Publisher | |
Pages | 380 |
Release | 1961 |
Genre | Tetanocera |
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Systematics of Snail-killing Flies of the Genus Elgiva in North American and Biology of E. Divisa (Diptera: Sciomyzidae)
Title | Systematics of Snail-killing Flies of the Genus Elgiva in North American and Biology of E. Divisa (Diptera: Sciomyzidae) PDF eBook |
Author | Robert E. Orth |
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Release | 1987 |
Genre | Sciomyzidae |
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