Meaning of heleomyzid | Babel Free

Definitions

Any member of the family Heleomyzidae of flies.

Examples

“Carrion in woods possibly has a distinctive fauna; the commonest flies are Piophila (especially Pnigriceps) and the heleomyzid Neoleria inscripta while Calliphoridae are less in evidence.”

“Trixoscelids are scarcely distinguishable from heleomyzids.”

“The larvae of a small fly⟳ called a heleomyzid were present⟳ in some numbers on the body, suggesting that the burial probably took place⟳ at the end⟳ of winter or in early spring⟳ because eggs laid before winter would not have⟳ survived to produce⟳ larvae.”

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