Manual of Central American Diptera
- ISBN-10
- 0660198339
- ISBN-13
- 9780660198330
- Category
- Diptera
- Pages
- 714
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- NRC Research Press
- Author
- Brian Victor Brown
Description
While volume 1 includes several introductory chapters and treats 42 families of flies in the Lower Diptera, volume 2 covers the remaining 64 families of flies that make up the Higher Diptera (or Cyclorrhapha). These include families of house flies, fruit flies, bot flies, flower flies and many other lesser-known groups. The text is accompanies by over 1660 line drawings and photographs.
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