Desmometopa interfrontalis
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Citation
Namibia (Lindner 1974: Zur Kenntnis der Dipteren-Fauna Südwestafrikas, III. Diptera Acalyptratae. – Journal - S.W.A. Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft 28(1973/74): 73-77. p 77)
prey of crabonine wasp, Cameroon (Michener 1971: Notes on Crabonine Wasp nests. – J. Kans. ent. Soc. 44: 405-407. p 407)
fig. of frons, on chenopods at head of beach, on Tephrosia sp. in ravine, Oman (Deeming 1998: Milichiidae and Carnidae (Diptera: Cyclorrhapha) from the Arabian Peninsula, pp. 147-157. – In: Büttiker, Attiah & Pont, Fauna of Arabia 17. p 150)
type information, bred from decaying banana skins, "palm log", reared from rotting lettuce, fig. of head, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Namibia, Uganda, Zaire (Sabrosky 1983: A Synopsis of the world species of Desmometopa Loew (Diptera, Milichiidae). – Contr. Am. ent. Inst. 19(8): 1-69. p 28)
Namibia ()
Afrotropical catalog (Sabrosky 1980: 75. Family Milichiidae, pp. 686-689. – In: Crosskey, Cogan, Freeman, Pont, Smith & Oldroyd, Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region, 1437pp. – London. p 686)
Cape Verde Is. ()
Distribution
Africa: East Tropical Africa (Tanzania present, Uganda present); Southern Africa (Namibia present); West Tropical Africa (Ivory Coast present, Liberia present, Nigeria present); West-Central Tropical Africa (Cameroon present, Zaire present); Asia-Temperate: Arabian Peninsula (Oman present)
Occurrence
AF: Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Namibia, Oman, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaire.A
A. Brake, Irina: Milichiidae