Handbook of Medical EntomologyRiley, William A. (William Albert)
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Handbook of Medical Entomology
Riley, William A. (William Albert)
Insect pests; Insects as carriers of disease; Medical parasitology
[Illustration: 166. Pycnosoma marginale. (×4.) After Graham-Smith.]
f. Squamula thoracalis broadened mesad and caudad as far as
the scutellum.
g. Sternopleural macrochætæ arranged in an equilateral
triangle; front of both sexes broad; genæ bare;
dorsocentrals six, small; wing not rilled. (To
COENOSINÆ). _Atherigona_ Rdi.
gg. Sternopleural macrochætæ when three are present,
arranged in a right triangle.
h. Last section of M_{1+2} with a more or less rounded
angle (fig. 163l).
i. Eyes of the male pilose or pubescent, of the female
nearly bare; m-cu crossvein usually at or proximad
of the mid-distance between the r-m crossvein and
the bend of M_{1+2}. P. (= _Placomyia_ R. D.)
_vitripennis_. _Plaxemyia_ R. D.
ii. Eyes bare; the m-cu crossvein always nearer to the
bend of M_{1+2} than to the r-m crossvein.
j. Apex of the proboscis when extended reveals a
circlet of stout chitinous teeth. P. INSIGNIS
Austen, of India, bites both man and animals. (=
_Pristirhynchomyia_.) PHILÆMATOMYIA Austen
jj. Apex of the proboscis without black teeth.
k. Eyes of male separated by a distance equal to a
fourth the width of the head. House or typhoid
fly. M. DOMESTICA L. Widely distributed. MUSCA
L.
kk. Eyes of the male contiguous. E. CORVINA. Europe.
EUMUSCA Town
hh. Last section of M_{1+2} with a gentle curve (fig.
102).
i. Eyes pilose.
j. Claws in the male somewhat elongated; no orbitals
in either sex; antennæ separated at the base by a
flat carina; abdomen marked with red or yellow.
_G. maculata._ Europe and America. _Graphomyia_ R.
D.
jj. Claws short and equal in the two sexes; two or
three stout orbital macrochætæ in the female; R_1
scarcely produced beyond the r-m crossvein; eyes
contiguous in the male. _P. obsoleta._ Brazil.
_Phasiophana_ Br.
ii. Eyes bare; fronto-orbital macrochætæ in a double
row, antennæ contiguous at the base.
j. One or more pairs of well developed anterior inner
dorsocentral (acrostichal) macrochætæ; seta on
extensor surface of hind tibia. M. ASSIMILIS,
STABULANS, etc. Europe and America. MUSCINA R. D.
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