Chinese Flies (Volume 1, Volume 2)

Author: Xue Wanqi Zhao Jianming
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Publish Date: 1996-12-01
Features: This book (Volume I and II) documents 30 families, 660 genera, and 4,209 species of flies in China, reporting 5 new genera, 268 new species, 4 new subspecies, and 135 newly recorded Chinese species. It primarily describes the basic morphological characteristics, biological traits, economic significance, and prospects for control or utilization of flies. The families are arranged according to the classification system, with references and English abstracts provided after each family. A key to families, genera, and species has been compiled. The literature references, synonyms, characteristics, distribution, ecology, hosts, phylogenetic relationships, and economic significance of each genus and species are listed in alphabetical order by scientific name.