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THIS latest addition to “The Fauna of British India ” series deals with a group of considerable economic importance, since it comprises thosecreatures known as ‘blow–flies’. At the same time it is concerned with agroup greatly needing thorough study. The authors regard the Calliphoridæ as forming a family separate from the Tachinidse, to which they are closely related. They deal very fully with the external morphology of its members and include in the account a useful illustrated description of the male genitalia, which are of pre–eminent importance for the separation of the different species. While the primary object of their work is taxonomic, the authors give indications regarding the biology of the various species wherever anything at all is known on the subject. Notwithstanding the unpleasant habits of most of their members, the Calliphoridae are a group of very definite biological interest owing to the diversity of larval and adult habits and the great range of coloration displayed bythe flies.
The Fauna of British India
Including the Remainder of the Oriental Region. (Published under the patronage of the Secretary of State for India in Council.) Edited by Lt.–Col. R. B. S. Sewell. Diptera. Vol. 6: Family Calliphoridæ By R. Senior White, Daphne Aubertin and Dr. John Smart. Pp. xiii + 288. (London: Taylor and Francis, Ltd., 1940.) 18s.
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I., A. The Fauna of British India. Nature 148, 423 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/148423c0
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