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FAMILY MILICHIIDAE | Paul L.Th. Beuk |
Version date: 20-11-2017 12:56
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Leptometopa latipes (Meigen, 1830) |
Diagnosis. Small to very small, greyish black or shining black flies, sometimes with conspicuous silvery dusting. Lower frontoorbital setae inclinate (sometimes reduced or absent); upper frontoorbital setae proclinate or curved outwards. Costa with humeral and subcostal breaks; subcosta entire, but sometimes very thin. Tibiae without preapical setae. Ocellar triangle well developed. Proboscis often elongate; palpi large to very large and setose; vibrissae present, often very thin.
Biology. The larvae are coprophagous or saprophagous in the widest sense; living in organic detritus like decaying plants, dung, kitchen refuse and birds' nests. Adult flies may be caught on carrion and dung; some species are associated with ants. Some species even attach themselves to other, predatory Diptera (e.g. Asilidae) or even to Reduviidae or spiders, by which they are transported until a prey is captured. Afterwards they sup the exudations from the wounds of the victim in company of the predator.
General references. Hennig (1937 [general, keys], 1956 [larvae]), Papp (1984d [catalogue], 1993 [Madiza]), Papp & Wheeler (1998 [general, key to genera]), Sabrosky (1983 [Desmometopa], 1987b [general, key to genera]).
References to the local fauna. Beuk (2012a), Beuk & Brake (1996), Brake (2011a), De Meijere (1940, 1946a).
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How to quote this page: Beuk, P.L.Th., 2017. Family Milichiidae. In: Beuk, P.L.Th. (Ed.): Checklist of the Diptera of the Netherlands, https://diptera-info.nl/news.php?fam=Milichiidae (date accessed: 29/03/2024). |
NL: 16 |
B: 6 |
D: 15 |
UK: 9 |
World: about 240 |
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MILICHIIDAE |
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MADIZINAE |
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Desmometopa Loew, 1866 |
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m-nigrum (Zetterstedt, 1848) |
N; added by Beuk & Brake (1996: 61) |
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sordida (Fallén, 1820) |
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varipalpis Malloch, 1927 |
Dutch material shown here: https://diptera.i...d_id=81629 |
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Leptometopa Becker, 1903 |
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latipes (Meigen, 1830) |
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= annulitarsis (Zetterstedt, 1848) |
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niveipennis (Strobl, 1900) |
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= simplicipes (Becker, 1907) |
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Madiza Fallén, 1810 |
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glabra Fallén, 1820 |
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MILICHIINAE |
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Milichia Meigen, 1830 |
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ludens (Wahlberg, 1847) |
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PHYLLOMYZINAE |
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Neophyllomyza Melander, 1913 |
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acyglossa Villeneuve, 1920 |
N; added by Brake (2011a) |
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Phyllomyza Fallén, 1810 |
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beckeri Kramer, 1920 |
N; added by Brake (2011a) |
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donisthorpei Schmitz, 1923 |
N; added by Brake (2011a) |
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equitans Hendel, 1919 |
N; added by Brake (2011a) |
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formicae Schmitz, 1923 |
N; recorded by Brake (2011a) after informal addition by Beuk (2002z: 287) |
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longipalpis (Schmitz, 1924) |
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rubricornis Schmitz, 1929 |
N; added by Brake (2011a) |
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securicornis Fallén, 1823 |
N |
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= flavitarsis (Meigen, 1830) |
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tetragona Hendel, 1924 |
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Nomina dubia |
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