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Diptera Associated with Livestock Dung

Key to the Families of Diptera Associated with Cow Dung


Couplet 28

Either: Or:
28a.   Gena broad with a row of bristles in the middle 28a'.   Gena usually narrow, but if broad, bristles confined to lower margin
28b.    Proboscis stout and bulbous 28b'.   Proboscis slender, often geniculate
Carnidae Milichiidae


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First published on the Internet in 2000 by J.M. Cumming
Last updated 18 May 2006 by J.M. Cumming and G.D. Murray

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