Meaning of brachyceran | Babel Free

Definitions

Any fly of the suborder Brachycera.

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“The investigations carried out by Bischoff on a considerable series of brachyceran heads led him to the conclusion that the mouth hooks of these Brachycera are the result⟳ of fusion of the maxillae with the mandibles.”

“The fossil history of Chironominae and aquatic higher brachycerans is nearly unknown, and reported records in the literature need⟳ to be substantiated.”

“Unlike the proboscides of Lower brachyceran lineages, which are continuous with the head capsule and tend⟳ to dangle (Matsuda 1965), the proboscides of most cyclorrhaphan species are suspended by a membranous region and divided into three functional parts: the basiproboscis (rostrum), medioproboscis (haustellum), and distiproboscis (labellum), each of which is defined by internal muscles but also shares muscles with the other regions (Graham-Smith 1930; Lall and Davies 1971).”

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