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head, possess mouth hooks" Pupae in earth, rounded at both endsy brown.
About 500 species recorded in the Indian region, about 20 in Maharashtra.
M. vicina. Common domestic fly of oriental region, similar to M.
domestica L. ot' colder regions. Grey, 3 thoracic stripes, abdomen orange
and yellow with black stripe. Breeds in moist corners and crevices, never
in dung. Carrier of diseases. M. nebulo. Four thoracic stripes, otherwise
similar. M. sorbens. Two uninterrupted thoracic stripes. Abdomen wit'h
silvery stripes, spots and patches. Breeds in dung. Carries bacterial eye
diseases. M. planiceps. Thorax with 4 narrow stripes, abdome n yellow,
upper harder black, silvery spots, a median stripe. Cattle blood sucker. M-
crassirostris. Abdomen black at base, grey below, blat, stnpes. Blood
sucking. Stomoxys (Biting house flies) breed in horse dung, sewage,
refuse etc, found in slaughter houses in Bombay. B. sanguindentus, Grey,
two stripes on thorax. A brown stripe and triangular patches on abdomen.
S, calcitrans " occurs wherever a civilised man is found and seen every
where all the year round Thorax whitish, 2 stripes and 2 patches, a small
stripe just above the wing. Abdomen yellow grey.
A. indica (Anthomyiad fly) (ज्वारीचीव र च ख डी, नाडत शांचे टो ) Dark grey, 3 mm.,
active. A serious pest on jowar (Sorghum). Life stages passed in shoots,
causing death. P. heterochaeta. Larvae live with wi retailed swallows, feed
on debris, feather dust etc. and later bore into flesh of the bird and kill it.
Fam. Uippoboscidae (ग शांचे टो ) (PL HI, Fig. 48). Head sunk into thorax,
with a proboscis, antennae one segmented, legs short and stout, claws
strong, generally toothed. Wings present or absent. Flat, tough, leathery
ecto-parasites. Known as ‘ Kuku mashi’, Cattle flies ‘ Scaters’, ‘Dog flies
’,etc. Common on dogs in India.
Egg and larval period passed in the body of the mother. Larva pupates as
soon as laid, on hard dry surfaces, floors, window sills etc. Only one laid
at a time. 3 species common all over India. H. maculata on cattle, H.
capensis on dogs and L. exornata on pigeons.
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