Insects of Samoa and other Samaon terrestrial arthropoda. Pt. 6, Fasc. 2, Nematocera / by F.W. Edwards.

  • Edwards, F. W. (Frederick Wallace), 1888-1940.
Date:
[1928?]
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Credit: Insects of Samoa and other Samaon terrestrial arthropoda. Pt. 6, Fasc. 2, Nematocera / by F.W. Edwards. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of ('ultivatod and wild AractNU' {CoJoatsm, Alocttsid and Ci/iiosix’rtidi). H i'^ sfarcelv p()ssil)le to find a larii'o sjx'cimo?! ol any ol these plants wlneli does not harbour larvae of this inoscpiito. . . . The hnnah' is a p(‘rsist(Mtt biter at niylit, and the bites are extremely ii'ritatiny. . . . Ihdii'i'(‘eoi’ds 1 hat .1. (/'’.)/•or/,!/ . . . at Suva was verv shy-feedine, the very r('V('rse of our ol)S(‘rvations with var. sa)no(n}a ” (Buxton and iro])kins). Text-fig. -i.—AHes (Finlai/a) kochi Don. var. samoana Criiiib. $ in protilo, showing projecting scales of sternites. The accompanying figure illustrates the distinguishing feature of the variety samoana ; the presence of outstanding scales on the a})ical ])art of the sixth and seventh abdominal sternites oidy. In the typical form such scales are jaesent also on the fifth. This difference, small as it is, appears to be the only obvious distinction between the two forms, and we have tluu'efore an intere.sting case of two races of a species differing little in external features but vith markedly different habits.
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