Desmometopa sordida
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description, fig. of head, synonymy with Liodesma atra, distribution, type information; on honeybee captured by Harpactor, reared from cow dung and grass silage (Sabrosky 1983: A Synopsis of the world species of Desmometopa Loew (Diptera, Milichiidae). – Contr. Am. ent. Inst. 19(8): 1-69. p 47)
Oriental catalog (Sabrosky 1977: Family Milichiidae, pp. 275-276. – In: Delfinado & Hardy, A catalog of the Diptera of the Oriental Region 3, x+854pp. – Honolulu. p 271)
Spain (Strobl 1906: Spanische Dipteren II. – Mems R. Soc. esp. Hist. nat. 3(1905): 271-422. p 376 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
on Thapsia villosa, Spain (Carles-Tolrá 2004: Dípteros nuevos para la Peninsula Ibérica capturados en la provincia de Salamanca (España) (Insecta, Diptera). – Boletin de la Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa 35: 187-194. p 191)
list, Britain (Verrall 1901: A list of British Diptera. 2nd Edition: 48pp. – Cambridge: University Press. p 35 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Nearctic checklist (Poole 1996: Diptera, Lepidoptera, Siphonaptera. Nomina Insecta Nearctica. A checklist of the insects of North America. Vol. 3: 1143pp. – Rockville: Entomological Information Service. p 178)
Germany ()
Netherlands (de Meijere &J.C.H. 1928: Vierde supplement op de nieuwe naamlijst van Nederlandische Diptera. – Tijdschr. Ent. 71: 11-83. p 45)
citations (Séguy 1934: 28. Diptères (Brachycères) (Muscidae Acalyptraterae et Scatophagidae): 832pp+27pl. – Paris. p 641)
description (Schiner 1864: Die Fliegen (Diptera). II. Theil: 4+XXXII+658pp. – Wien: Verlag Carl Gerold's Sohn. p 304 (as Agromyza m-atrum))
diagnosis of larva? (Weyenbergh 1874: Varia entomologica. – Tijdschr. Ent. 17: 149-172, pl. 9+10. p 157 (as Madiza sordida))
morphology of proboscis (Frey 1921: Studien über den Bau des Mundes der niederen Diptera Schizophora nebst Bermerkungen über die Systematik dieser Dipterengruppen. – Acta Soc. Fauna Flora fenn. 48(3): 245pp. p 69 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
check list, Britain ()
Kenya (Séguy 1938: Diptera L. Nematocera et Brachycera, pp. 319-380. – In: Jeannel, Mission Scientifique de l'Omo, Tome IV (Zoologie) 8. p 364)
Idaho, Washington, British Columbia (Melander 1913: A Synopsis of the dipterous groups Agromyzidae, Milichiidae, Ochthiphilinae and Geomyzinae. – Jl. N.Y. ent. Soc. 21: 219-273,283-300,pl.8. p 241)
Austria (Strobl 1910: Die Dipteren von Steiermark. II. Nachtrag. – Mitt. naturwiss. Ver. Steierm. 46(1909): 45-293. p 214)
checklist, Netherlands (Beuk, P. 2002: Family Milichiidae, pp. 286-287. – In: Beuk, P., Checklist of the Diptera of the Netherlands, 448pp. – Utrecht: KNNV Uitgeverij. p 286)
Spain (Carles-Tolrá & ??? 1993: Nuevas citas y datos de dípteros acalípteros para España (Diptera: Acalyptrata). – Ses. Conf. Ent. ICHN-SCL 7(1991): 83-89. p 87)
Russia: North European territory ()
Sweden (Wahlgren 1927: 25. Fam. Sprickflugor. Milichiidae, pp. 381-384. – In: Svensk Insektfauna II. Diptera 2. Cyclorrhapha 2. Schizophora. Fam. 21-26. – Stockholm. p 383)
figs of labella, wing, male sternites 6-8, male genitalia, male reproductive system, spermathecal duct coil, Germany ()
citation (Procter 1938: Part VI. The insect fauna with references to methods of capture, food plants, the flora and other biological features: 496pp. – Philadelphia. p 348)
Maine, Massachusetts ()
citations (Bristowe 1931: Notes on the biology of spiders. VII. Flies that triumph over spiders. – Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (10 10: 471-474. p 472)
Yugoslavia [Macedonia] (Coe 1962: Diptera taken in Yugoslavia from May to July, 1955, with localities and notes. – Bull. Mus. Hist. nat. Belgrad (B) 18: 137-144. p 142)
Hungary (Thalhammer 1899: Diptera, 76pp.,1pl. – In: Fauna Regni Hungariae 3. – Budapest: Akademiai Kiado. p 68 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
on flowers in meadow, Bosnien-Herzegowina ( (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
checklist, Italy (Canzoneri, Gorodkov, Krivosheina, Munari, Nartshuk, Papp & Süss 1995: Diptera Opomyzoidea, Carnoidea, Sphaeroceroidea, 27pp. – In: Minelli, Ruffo & La Posta, Checklist delle specie della fauna italiana 75. p 25)
Germany (Kramer 1921: Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Lausitzer Dipteren, pp. 91-98. – In: Festschr. z. Feier d. 75jährigen Best. d. nat-wiss. Ges. Isis in Bautzen. – Bautzen: E.M. Mouse. p 96)
checklist, Denmark (Chandler, Petersen & Papp 2001: Milichiidae, pp. 201-202. – In: Petersen & Meier, R., A preliminary list of the Diptera of Denmark. 26, pp. 119-279. p 201)
Agromyza sordida of Meigen, no types in Paris or Wien (Becker 1902: Die Meigen'schen Typen der sogenannten Muscidae acalypterae (Muscaria holometopa) in Paris und Wien. – Z. syst. Hymenopt. Dipterol. 2: 209-256,289-320,337-355. p 339 (as Agromyza sordida))
type information (Becker 1907: Desmometopa. – Wien. ent. Ztg. 26: 1-5. p 2)
on Apiaceae, kleptoparasitic on spider with honeybee, Germany (Kramer 1917: Die Musciden der Oberlausitz. – Abh. naturforsch. Ges. Görlitz 28: 257-352. p 348)
reared from Populus monilifera Ait., Austria (Wachtl 1882: Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Biologie, Systematik und Synonymie der Insekten. – Wien. ent. Ztg. 1: 275-279. p 277 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
citation (Bristowe 1941: The comity of spiders 2: 362-370. – London: Ray Society. p 369)
Maine (Procter 1927: Part I. The insect fauna with references to methods of capture, food plants, the flora and other biological features: 247pp. – Philadelphia. p 225)
catalog, Andorra, Spain (Carles-Tolrá & Báez 2002: Milichiidae, p. 174. – In: Carles-Tolrá, Catálogo de los Diptera de España, Portugal y Andorra (Insecta) 8. – Zaragoza. p 174)
Germany (Brake 2000: Milichiidae, p. 160. – In: Ziegler, J. & Menzel, F., Die historische Dipteren-Sammlung Carl Friedrich Ketel. Revision einer zwischen 1884 und 1903 angelegten Sammlung von Zweiflüglern (Diptera) aus Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Nova Suppl. Ent., 14, 266pp. p 160)
Netherlands (van der Wulp,F. M., de Meijere &J.C.H. 1898: Nieuwe Naamlijst van nederlandsche Diptera. – Tijdschr. Ent. 61(Bijvoegsel): 149pp. p 138)
checklist, Great Britain (Chandler 1998: Milichiidae, pp. 143-144. – In: Chandler, Diptera (incorporating a list of Irish Diptera). (Checklists of insects of the British Isles; 1) 12, XX+234pp. p 143)
from highland meadow and from herbage in mixed forest, Slovenia, Yugoslavia (Coe 1962: Diptera taken in Yugoslavia from May to July, 1955, with localities and notes. – Bull. Mus. Hist. nat. Belgrad (B) 18: 137-144. p 139)
"an Rainen u. Waldrändern", Germany (Funk 1901: Vorläufer einer Dipterenfauna Bambergs. 1. Theil 1901: 47pp. – Bamberg: Gymnasialprogramm. p 40 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
on Apiaceae, Austria (Strobl 1893: Beiträge zur Dipterenfauna des österreichischen Littorale. – Wien. ent. Ztg. 12: 121-136. p 134 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
collected from sheep dung, Hungary (Papp 1995: Dipterous assemblages of sheep-run droppings in Hungary (Diptera) I: Qualitative results. – Folia ent. hung. 56: 153-162. p 159)
on grass (Meigen 1830: Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten 6: xi+401pp. – Hamm : Schulz. p 173 (as Agromyza sordida))
Great Britain (Curtis, J. 1831: A guide to an arrangement of British Insects; being a catalogue of all named species hitherto discovered in Great Britain and Ireland: Columns161-256. – London : Westley. p 239 (as Agromyza m-atrum))
Spain (Carles-Tolrá 1995: Dípters, pp. 69-85. – In: Barrientos, El patrimoni biològic del Montseny, Catàlegs de flor, 2, 85pp. – Barcelona: Diputació de Barcelona. Servei de Parcs Naturals. p 75)
description, figs of head, thoracic pleuron, male genitalia, on flowers near hen house and attracted to odor of an organic solvent, Japan (Iwasa 1996: The genus Desmometopa Loew (Diptera, Milichiidae) of Japan. – Med. Ent. Zool. 47: 347-353. p 350)
Germany (Beuthin 1887: Erster Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Dipteren der Umgegend von Hamburg. – Verh. Ver. naturw. Unterh. Hamb. 6: 4-47. p 29 (as Agromyza m-atrum))
Spain (Carles-Tolrá 1994: Lista preliminar de 34 familias de dípteros acalípteros de Cataluña (España) (Diptera Acalyptrata). – Ses. Conf. Ent. ICHN-SCL 8: 17-28. p 21)
"reputed" in Britain (Verrall 1888: A list of British Diptera. I-III: 34pp,4pp,12pp. – London : Pratt & Company. p 12 (as Agromyza sordida))
Quebec (Winn & Beaulieu 1932: A preliminary list of the insects of the province of Quebec - Part II, Diptera (two-winged flies). Revised and supplemented. – Report of the Quebec Society for the Protection of Plants 24(Supplement): 100pp. p 62)
kleptoparasitic on Synaema globosum [Thomisidae] with dead honey-bee, France (Lopez 1984: News on insects considered as spider commensals and their hosts. – British Arachnological Society, The Newsletter 40: 3-4. p 3)
Spain (Carles-Tolrá 1992: New and interesting records of Diptera Acalyptrata from Spain. Part I: Acartophthalmidae, Opomyzidae, Anthomyzidae, Asteiidae, Carnidae, Tethinidae, Milichiidae and Cryptochetidae. – Bull. Ann. Soc. r. belge Ent. 128: 343-353. p 349)
kleptoparasitic behaviour on spiders eating honey bees and on Machimus rusticus [Asilidae] eating Zygaene in Europe (Biró 1899: Commensalismus bei Fliegen. – Természetr. Füz. 22: 198-204. 203-204 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
citation (Knab 1915: Commensalism in Desmometopa. (Diptera, Agromyzidae). – Proc. ent. Soc. Wash. 17: 117-121. p 120 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
on birch tree leaves copulating in sunshine in July and kleptoparasitic on spider with honey bee in August, Austria (Mik 1898: Merkwürdige Beziehungen zwischen Desmometopa m-atrum aus Europa und Agromyza minutissima aus Neu Guinea. – Wien. ent. Ztg. 17: 146-151 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Slovakia (Rohácek, J. 1987: Second supplement to the acalyptrate Diptera fauna (Pseudopomyzidae, Strongylophthalmyiidae, Chamaemyiidae, Chyromyidae, Anthomyzidae, Aulacigastridae, Periscelididae, Carnidae, Milichiidae) of Czechoslovakia. – Cas. slezsk. Muz. Opave (A) 36: 97-108. p 104)
Belgium (Jacobs 1906: Diptères de la Belgique. – Mém. Soc. ent. Belg. 12,IVeSuite(1): 21-76. p 69 (as Agromyza m-atrum))
check list, Britain (Kloet & Hincks 1945: A check list of British insects: lix+483pp. – Stockport: Kloet & Hincks. p 403)
Hungary (Papp 1978: 72. család: Milichiidae + Carnidae. – Fauna Hung. 15: 9-50. p 25)
on flowers of garden salad, Austria (Rossi 1848: Systematisches Verzeichniss der zweiflugelichten Insecten (Diptera) des Erzherzogthumes Osterreich mit Angabe des Standortes, der Flugzeit und einigen andern physiologischen Bemerkungen: x+86pp. – Wien: Braunmüller. p 81 (as Agromyza m-atrum))
Great Britain (Curtis, J. 1831: A guide to an arrangement of British Insects; being a catalogue of all named species hitherto discovered in Great Britain and Ireland: Columns161-256. – London : Westley. p 239 (as Agromyza sordida))
diagnosis, fig. of head, reared from rotting leafs of Ilex, from Populus monilifera, and from rotting wood of Populus destroyed by Cossus cossus, imagines on flowers and on “Baumsaft von Betula alba, kleptoparasitic (Hennig 1937: Milichiidae et Carnidae, pp. 1-91. – In: Lindner, Die Fliegen der palaearktischen Region 61a. – Stuttgart : Schweizerbart. p 43)
Palaearctic catalog (Becker 1905: Katalog der paläarktischen Dipteren 4: 237-240. p 239 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
"auf Rainen, Sumpfwiesen, lehmigen Ennsufern und an Waldbächen", Austria (Strobl 1894: Die Dipteren von Steiermark. – Mitt. naturwiss. Ver. Steierm. 30(1893): 1-152. p 136 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Mongolia (Papp 1976: Milichiidae and Carnidae (Diptera) from Mongolia. – Acta zool. hung. 22: 369-387. p 371)
Germany ( (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
probably syn. to D. sordidum (Hennig 1937: Milichiidae et Carnidae, pp. 1-91. – In: Lindner, Die Fliegen der palaearktischen Region 61a. – Stuttgart : Schweizerbart. p 43 (as Liodesma atra))
British Columbia, Idaho, Oregon (Cole 1969: Milichiidae, pp. 387-390. – In: Cole & Schlinger, The flies of Western North America, xi+693pp. – Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press. p 390)
on cow dung, Washington (Coffey 1966: Studies on the association of flies (Diptera) with dung in Southeastern Washington. – Ann. ent. Soc. Am. 59: 207-218. p 215)
Sweden (Ringdahl 1951: Flugor från Lapplands, Jämtlands och Härjedalens fjälltrakter (Diptera Brachycera). – Opusc. ent. 16: 113-186. p 149)
type information (Becker 1902: Die Meigen'schen Typen der sogenannten Muscidae acalypterae (Muscaria holometopa) in Paris und Wien. – Z. syst. Hymenopt. Dipterol. 2: 209-256,289-320,337-355. p 338 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
developing in pasture dung, Hungary (Papp 1992: Fly communities in pasture dung: Some results and problems (Diptera). – Acta zool. hung. 38: 75-88. p 84)
Great Britain (Audcent 1934: Bristol Insect Fauna. Diptera (Part VII and last). – Proc. Bristol Nat. Soc. (4th ser.) 7: 528-537. p 536)
Afrotropical catalog ()
Switzerland (Bächli & Merz 2005: Zur Fauna ausgewählter Fliegenfamilien (Diptera, Brachycera) im Naturschutzgebiet Wildenstein bei Bubendorf (Kanton Basel-Landschaft, Schweiz). – Mitt. Naturf. Ges. beider Basel 8: 53-61. p 59)
Nearctic catalog (Sabrosky 1965: Family Milichiidae, pp. 728-733. – In: Stone, A catalog of the Diptera of America North of Mexico, Agric. Handbook, 276, iv+1696pp. – Washington. p 731)
recombination with Madiza, description (van der Wulp &F. M. 1871: Dipterologische Aanteekeningen. – Tijdschr. Ent. 14: 192-198,203-204. p 197 (as Madiza sordida))
Tunisia (Papp 1978: Species of nine acalyptrate fly families from Tunisia. – Folia ent. hung. 31: 200-202. p 200)
Germany ( (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
catalog, France (Gobert 1887: Catalogue des diptères de France. – Revue Ent. 6: I+88pp. p 50 (as Agromyza m-atrum))
two females kleptoparasitic on Rhinocoris cuspidatus with worker honey-bee on flower of Origanum, France. Additionally a specimen of the same bug was seen on flowers of Origanum without prey next day with a male and female of the same fly on the dorsum of the pronotum. Additionally six females captured together with Argiope bruennichi eating a honey-bee worker (Richards 1953: Commensalism of Desmometopa with predacious insects and spiders. – Proc. ent. Soc. Lond. 18: 55-56. p 56)
citation (Procter 1946: Part VII. The insect fauna with references to methods of capture, food plants, the flora and other biological features: 566pp. – Philadelphia. p 403)
catalog, Slovakia (Gregor 1986: Celad: Milichiidae, ?. – In: Cepelák, Diptera Slovenska, II: Cyclorrhapha, 435pp. – Veda, Bratislava. p 184)
Great Britain (Collin 1911: Additions and corrections to the British list of Muscidae Acalyptratae. – Entomologist's mon. Mag. 47: 229-234. p 233)
Czech Republic (Kowarz 1894: Verzeichnis der Insekten Böhmen's: ?. – Prag : Verlag der Physiokratischen Gesellschaft. p 29 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Romania ()
Idaho (Hendel 1911: Über von Prof. J. M. Aldrich erhaltene und einige andere amerikanische Dipteren. – Wien. ent. Ztg. 30: 19-46. p 39)
Czech Republic (Rohácek, J. 1999: Carnidae, Tethinidae, Milichiidae: 325-330. p 328)
Palaearctic catalog ()
France, Germany (Macquart 1835: Histoire naturelle des insectes. Diptères, Suite à Buffon, 2: ?. – Paris : ?Librairie encyclopédique de Roret. p 607 (as Agromyza m-atrum))
Hungary (Papp 1981: Lauxaniidae, Periscelididae, Asteiidae, Aulacigastridae, Diastatidae, Camillidae, Odiniidae, Milichiidae and Carnidae (Diptera, Acalyptratae) in the Hortobágy, 223-228?. – In: Mahunka, S., The fauna of the Hortobágy National Park. p 227)
checklist, Finland (Frey 1941: Enumeratio insectorum fenniae VI.Diptera: 63pp. – Helsingfors : Helsingfors Entomologiska Bytesförening. p 30)
Palaearctic catalog (Becker 1905: Katalog der paläarktischen Dipteren 4: 237-240. p 239)
checklist, Poland (Nowakowski 1991: Milichiidae, pp. 218-219. – In: Razowski, Checklist of animals of Poland 2, 342pp. – Wroclaw, Warszawa, Krakow: Polska Adademia Nauk, Instytut Systematyki I Ewolucji Zwierzat. p 218)
citation, kleptoparasitic on Misumena vatia, experiments, Finland (Lundström 1906: Om Desmometopa-arternas snyltgästning hos spindlar och rofinsecter. – Meddn Soc. Fauna Flora fenn. 32: 100-104 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
lectotype designation (Sabrosky 1983: A Synopsis of the world species of Desmometopa Loew (Diptera, Milichiidae). – Contr. Am. ent. Inst. 19(8): 1-69. p 47 (as Liodesma atra))
on wet places in forest on grass, Austria (Mik 1881: Dipterologische Mittheilungen. I. Über einige Dipteren aus der Sammlung Dr. Emil Gobert's in Mont-de-Marsan. – Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 30: 587-610,Taf.XVII. p 599 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
checklist, Czech Republic, Slovakia (Gregor 1987: Milichiidae, p. 262. – In: Jezek, Enumeratio insectorum Bohemoslovakiae - Check list of Czechoslovak insects II (Diptera). 18. p 262)
on pollen load of living honeybee on Rubus, "paraissaient sucer la pâtée", ?France (Rabaud 1924: Le commensalisme de Desmometopa sordida Fallén. – Feuille Nat. (n.s.) 45: 18-19. p 18)
Hungary (Kowarz 1873: Beitrag zur Dipteren-Fauna Ungarns. – Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 23: 453-463?. p 463 (as Desmometopa atrum))
Distribution
Africa: Northern Africa (Tunisia present); Asia-Temperate: Eastern Asia (Japan present); Mongolia present; Europe: Eastern Europe (North European Russia present); Middle Europe (Austria present, Belgium present, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic present, Slovakia present), Germany present, Hungary present, Netherlands present, Poland present, Switzerland present); Northern Europe (Denmark present, Finland present, Great Britain present, Sweden present); Southeastern Europe (Italy present, Romania present, Yugoslavia (Bosnia-Herzegovina present, Macedonia present, Slovenia present)); Southwestern Europe (France present, Spain present (Andorra present)); Northern America: Eastern Canada (Québec present); Northeastern U.S.A. (Maine present, Massachusetts present); Northwestern U.S.A. (Idaho present, Oregon present, Washington present); Western Canada (British Columbia present)
Occurrence
PA: Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Macedonia, Mongolia, Netherlands, North European Russia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia; NE: British Colombia, Idaho, Maine, Massachusetts, Oregon, Quebec, WashingtonA
A. Brake, Irina: Milichiidae