Milichia pubescens
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Distribution
Africa: Macaronesia (Canary Is. present, Cape Verde present); Northeast Tropical Africa (Somalia present, Sudan present); Northern Africa (Egypt present); Southern Africa (Cape Provinces present, Free State present, KwaZulu-Natal present, Northern Provinces present); West Tropical Africa (Nigeria present); Asia-Temperate: Arabian Peninsula (Oman present, Yemen present); Eastern Asia (Taiwan introduced: presence questionable); Western Asia (Palestine (Israel present)); Asia-Tropical: Indian Subcontinent (Pakistan present); Europe: Southeastern Europe (Greece present); Southwestern Europe (France present)
Citation
catalog, Canary Is.]; pers. note [France (Carles-Tolrá & Báez 2002: Milichiidae, p. 174. – In: Carles-Tolrá, Catálogo de los Diptera de España, Portugal y Andorra (Insecta) 8: 174)
Taiwan (Hennig 1941: Verzeichnis der Dipteren von Formosa. – Ent. Beih. Berl.-Dahlem 8: iv+239: 176)
Egypt (Steyskal 1966: Notes and descriptions of Egyptian acalyptrate Diptera (Ephydridae, Milichiidae, Otitidae). – Bull. Soc. ent. Égypte 109: 109-125: 120)
Taiwan (Hendel 1913: H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute. Acalyptrate Musciden (Dipt.) II. – Supplta ent. 2: 77-112: 106)
figs of wing, male terminalia of holotype
Afrotropical catalog
Oman, Yemen (Deeming 1998: Milichiidae and Carnidae (Diptera: Cyclorrhapha) from the Arabian Peninsula, pp. 147-157. – In: Büttiker, Attiah & Pont, Fauna of Arabia 17: 155)
checklist, Egypt (Steyskal & El-Bialy 1967: A list of Egyptian Diptera with a bibliography and key to families. – United Arab Republic, Ministry of Agriculture, Technical Bulletin 3: 87pp: 34)
Palaearctic catalog
citation (Hennig 1937: Milichiidae et Carnidae, pp. 1-91. – In: Lindner, Die Fliegen der palaearktischen Region 61a: 23)
Oriental catalog (Sabrosky 1977: Family Milichiidae, pp. 275-276. – In: Delfinado & Hardy, A catalog of the Diptera of the Oriental Region 3, x+854pp: 273)
Afrotropical catalog
Egypt (Becker 1903: Aegyptische Dipteren (Fortsetzung und Schluß). – Mitt. zool. Mus. Berl. 2: 67-195: 187 (as Lobioptera ludens))
citation
description of puparium, figs of head, puparium, feeding on honeydew of Udinia catori and in mercury vapour light traps, associated with Lac insects, bred from pit latrine and latrine bucket, Canary Islands, Corfu, Nigeria, Palestine, Sudan, Pakistan, probably synonymous to M. orientalis