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Studies on Female Sarcophagid Flies: I. Sarcophaga aldrichi Parker, hinei Aldrich, houghi Aldrich, and Agria affinis (Fallén)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Harold R. Dodge
Harold R. Dodge
Affiliation:
Entomologist, Forest Insect Laboratory, Missoula, Montana
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The abdomen, as in other muscoid flies, is composed of a preabdomen of five pregenital segments, of which terga 1 and 2 are fused, thus giving the appearance of four segments. Sterna 1-7 or 1-8 form a relatively narrow chain of ventral segments (Fig. 11). The postabdomen, or genital segments, comprise segments 6-10, some of which are reduced, absent, or modified in other ways. The post-abdomen of the Sarcophagidae and Tachinidae usually is “fixed” (not retractable), whereas in the Muscidae and Calliphoridae it commonly is in the form of a retractable ovipositor, which is narrow and elongated when extended but in repose telescoped within the abdomen.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 93 , Issue 9 , September 1961 , pp. 781 - 785
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1961

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