Milichiidae

Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M., Madriz, Isaí, González, Christian R. & Amorim, Dalton De Souza, 2024, An update on the knowledge and general understanding of the Chilean Diptera diversity, Zootaxa 5518 (1), pp. 1-87 : 39

Milichiidae ( Fig. 97 )

The family Milichiidae comprises 390 species, grouped into two subfamilies and 18 genera worldwide ( Brake 2022). Brake (2009) studied the genus Milichiella Giglio-Tos in Chile and described new species; there are records for 13 species belonging to five genera: the endemic Meoneurites chilensis Hennig , and the cosmopolitan Desmometopa m-nigrum (Zetterstedt) , D. singaporensis Kértesz , Paramyia nitens (Loew) , and Milichiella with many species described and grouped in (1) the chilensis group: M. breviarista Brake , M. chilensis Brake and M. conventa Brake ; (2) frontalis group with M. concava (Becker) , M. frontalis (Becker) , and M. montana (Becker) ; (3) lacteipennis group with M. lacteipennis (Loew) and M. lucidula Becker , and a ungrouped species: M. tricincta Becker ( Sabrosky 1973; Brake 2009).

Figures

FIGURES 92–97. Ephydroidea and Carnoidea of Chile: (92) Drosophila hydei Sturtevant (Drosophilidae, photo by Diego Gutiérrez); (93) Neoephydra araucaria Mathis (Ephydridae, photo by Claudio Maureira); (94) cf. Pelomyia crassiseta Foster & Mathis (Canacidae, photo by Patrich Cerpa); (95) Thaumatomyia sp. (Chloropidae, photo by Leonardo Rodríguez); (96) Cryptochaetum (Lestophonus) iceryae (Williston) (Cryptochaetidae, photo by Claudio Maureira), and (97) cf. Milichiella sp. (Milichiidae, photo by Juan Mauricio Contreras).