Abstract
THE predecessor of this book entitled “Illustrations of British Blood-Sucking Flies” was written by the late E. E. Austen and published in 1906. Within a few years the edition was exhausted, and it evidently filled a definite need. Its successor is a larger and more informative work the aim of which is similar, and that is to provide information of interest to the non-specialist in the simplest possible manner. Increase in knowledge of blood-sucking flies since the 1906 volume has been great. Thus, in that year about 2700 species of British flies are stated to have been known, including 74 that are actually, or potentially, blood-suckers. In the intervening thirty-two years these figures have increased to 5,200 and 117 respectively. Much more important than mere additions of species is the notable increase in knowledge of their life-cycles and behaviour.
British Blood-Sucking Flies
By Dr. F. W. Edwards H. Oldroyd Dr. J. Smart. Pp. viii + 156 + 45 plates. (London: British Museum (Natural History), 1939.) 15s.
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I., A. British Blood-Sucking Flies. Nature 146, 447 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/146447c0
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