. Animal parasites and human disease. Medical parasitology; Insects as carriers of disease. TABANIDS 485 tones, sometimes with brilliant green or green-marked eyes, though in most species of temperate climates the huge eyes are brown or black. The head is large, and in the male is almost entirely occupied by the eyes, which meet across the crown of the head (Fig. 224B), though in the females a narrow space is. Fig. 224. Life history of a Tabanid, Tabanus kingi, a "seroot" of Sudan. A, adult female, X3, B, head of adult male, X 3; C, egg mass, laid in crevices of rock, X 5; D, larva,
. Animal parasites and human disease. Medical parasitology; Insects as carriers of disease. TABANIDS 485 tones, sometimes with brilliant green or green-marked eyes, though in most species of temperate climates the huge eyes are brown or black. The head is large, and in the male is almost entirely occupied by the eyes, which meet across the crown of the head (Fig. 224B), though in the females a narrow space is. Fig. 224. Life history of a Tabanid, Tabanus kingi, a "seroot" of Sudan. A, adult female, X3, B, head of adult male, X 3; C, egg mass, laid in crevices of rock, X 5; D, larva, X 2j; E, pupa, X 2J. (After King.) left between them. The antennse are of characteristic shape (Fig. 211C) varying somewhat in the different genera. The mouthparts (Fig. 225) are almost exactly Hke those of the blackflies on a large scale. The stabbing and cutting parts are usually short, heavy and powerful, though in one genus, Pangonia, the proboscis is very long, enabling the fly to pierce flesh' and suck blood while hovering in the air and to pierce even through thick clothing. Most of the species are very. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Chandler, Asa Crawford, 1891-. New York, J. Wiley
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