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Download or read book The Families of Diptera of the Malay Archipelago written by Pjotr Oosterbroek and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1998 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume deals with 116 families of Diptera (flies and mosquitoes) known or suspected to occur in the islands of Malesia. Diptera constitute one of the larger orders of insects, and are generally considered to be a taxonomically difficult group, even at the family level. They include various economically important groups, some of which acting as vectors of diseases in man and cattle, while others are beneficial in pest control by virtue of their parasitic or predatory habits. The families of Diptera of the Malay Archipelago will be an indispensable tool for all those working in the fields of ecology, systematic biology, and conservation, as well as applied biology.