Manual of Central American Diptera: v. 1

Volume 1 covers 42 of the 106 families of flies - sometimes termed the Lower Diptera - and includes introductory chapters dealing with morphology and terminology, natural history, economic importance and phylogeny of Diptera as well as keys to all the Central American fly families for both the adult and larval stages. The text is accompanied by over 1500 line drawings and 144 colour photographs of flies.