Desmometopa varipalpis
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figs of head, puparium, Germany ()
probably syn. of D. palpalis (Hennig 1939: Beiträge zur Kenntnis des Kopulationsapparates und der Systematik der Acalyptraten. II. Tethinidae, Milichiidae, Anthomyzidae und Opomyzidae. – Arb. morph. taxon. Ent. Berl. 6: 81-94. p 88)
synonymy with D. singaporensis (Hendel 1907: Neue und interessante Dipteren aus dem kaiserlichen Museum in Wien. – Wien. ent. Ztg. 26: 223-245,1pl. p 242 (as Desmometopa tarsalis))
type information (Lee, D.J., Crust, M. & Sabrosky 1956: The Australasian Diptera of J. R. Malloch. – Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 80: 289-?. p 339)
Spain (Carles-Tolrá 1997: Citas nuevas de dípteros acalípteros para la Península Ibérica (Diptera, Acalyptrata). – Boletin de la Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa 17: 7-10. p 8)
Hungary (Papp 2003: Further additions and corrections to the Hungarian checklist (Diptera). – Folia ent. hung. 64: 309-339. p 335)
correction of misidentification (Santána 1961: The biology of immature Diptera associated with bacterial decay in the Giant Saguaro Cactus (Cereus giganteus, Engelmann). p 39 (as ?Leptometopa latipes))
correction of misidentifications (Sabrosky 1983: A Synopsis of the world species of Desmometopa Loew (Diptera, Milichiidae). – Contr. Am. ent. Inst. 19(8): 1-69. p 44 (as Desmometopa singaporensis))
catalog of South America (Sabrosky 1973: Family Milichiidae 75: 12 pp. – Sao Paulo, Brazil: Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo. p 2 (as Desmometopa singaporensis))
Palaearctic catalog (Papp 1984: Family Milichiidae + Carnidae, pp. 110-123. – In: Soos, A. & Papp, L., Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera 10, pp. 110-1. p 115)
description and fig. of female head, Japan (Iwasa 1996: The genus Desmometopa Loew (Diptera, Milichiidae) of Japan. – Med. Ent. Zool. 47: 347-353. p 352)
Egypt ( (as Desmometopa tarsalis))
on window, 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)
description, fig.s, and biology of larva and puparium (Santána 1961: The biology of immature Diptera associated with bacterial decay in the Giant Saguaro Cactus (Cereus giganteus, Engelmann). p 39 (as Desmometopa singaporensis))
description, figs of head, thoracic pleuron, distribution, HT in School of Public Health and tropical Medicine, University of Sidney; distributed through commerce on planes and ships; reared from various rotting plant and animal material, in bio-filters and faeces (Sabrosky 1983: A Synopsis of the world species of Desmometopa Loew (Diptera, Milichiidae). – Contr. Am. ent. Inst. 19(8): 1-69. p 41)
Afrotropical catalog ()
catalog, 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)
Hawaii ()
Afghanistan (Papp 1979: Milichiidae and Carnidae from Afghanistan. – Folia ent. hung. 32: 105-109. p 106)
Taiwan, ?singaporensis (Hennig 1941: Verzeichnis der Dipteren von Formosa. – Ent. Beih. Berl.-Dahlem 8: iv+239. p 177 (as Desmometopa tarsalis))
[tarsalis of European records] (Hennig 1939: Beiträge zur Kenntnis des Kopulationsapparates und der Systematik der Acalyptraten. II. Tethinidae, Milichiidae, Anthomyzidae und Opomyzidae. – Arb. morph. taxon. Ent. Berl. 6: 81-94. p 87 (as Desmometopa singaporensis))
correction of misidentification (Sabrosky 1983: A Synopsis of the world species of Desmometopa Loew (Diptera, Milichiidae). – Contr. Am. ent. Inst. 19(8): 1-69. p 41 (as Desmometopa m-nigrum))
diagnosis, fig. of head, distribution, discussion of synonymies ( (as Desmometopa tarsalis))
description, discussion (Hennig 1939: Beiträge zur Kenntnis des Kopulationsapparates und der Systematik der Acalyptraten. II. Tethinidae, Milichiidae, Anthomyzidae und Opomyzidae. – Arb. morph. taxon. Ent. Berl. 6: 81-94. p 87 (as Desmometopa tarsalis))
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)
description of larva (Hennig 1956: Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Milichiiden-Larven. – Beitr. Ent. 6: 138-145 (as ?Leptometopa latipes))
correction of misidentifications (Sabrosky 1983: A Synopsis of the world species of Desmometopa Loew (Diptera, Milichiidae). – Contr. Am. ent. Inst. 19(8): 1-69. p 57 (as Desmometopa tarsalis))
Egypt (Steyskal 1966: Notes and descriptions of Egyptian acalyptrate Diptera (Ephydridae, Milichiidae, Otitidae). – Bull. Soc. ent. Égypte 109: 109-125. p 116 (as Desmometopa sp. near singaporensis))
Taiwan (Hendel 1913: H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute. Acalyptrate Musciden (Dipt.) II. – Supplta ent. 2: 77-112. p 108 (as Desmometopa tarsalis))
figs of male and female palpus (Hennig 1965: Diptera Acalyptratae aus dem Iran. – Stuttg. Beitr. Naturk. 139: 1-6. p 2 (as Desmometopa singaporensis))
in part, Puerto Rico (Wolcott 1951: Milichiidae. In: The insects of Puerto Rico. Diptera, two-winged flies. – J. Agric. Univ. P.R. 32(1948): 529-530. p 529 (as Desmometopa m-nigrum))
Galapagos Is. (Peck, Heraty, Landry & Sinclair 1998: Introduced insect fauna of an oceanic archipelago: The Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. – American Entomologist Winter1998: 218-237. p 228)
in part, Egypt, Aden (Hendel 1907: Neue und interessante Dipteren aus dem kaiserlichen Museum in Wien. – Wien. ent. Ztg. 26: 223-245,1pl. p 242 (as Desmometopa singaporensis))
fig. of frons, on small fruit of Calotropis procera, on Mormodica charantia, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen (Deeming 1998: Milichiidae and Carnidae (Diptera: Cyclorrhapha) from the Arabian Peninsula, pp. 147-157. – In: Büttiker, Attiah & Pont, Fauna of Arabia 17. p 150)
Yemen, specimens checked by me (Becker 1910: Dipteren aus Südarabien und von der Insel Sokótra. – Denkschr. Akad. Wiss., Wien (math.-nat. Kl.) 71: 1-30. p 23 (as Desmometopa tarsalis))
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)
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)
figs of head and male terminalia, Hawaii (Hardy & Delfinado 1980: Family Milichiidae, pp. 351-367. – In: Hardy & Delfinado, Diptera:Cyclorrhapha III, Series Schizophora, Section Acalypterae, Exclusive of Family Drosophilidae. Insects of Hawaii 13, pp. 1-451. – Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii. p 355 (as Desmometopa singaporensis))
Australasian/Oceanian catalog (Sabrosky 1989: 78. Family: Milichiidae, pp. 555-557. – In: Evenhuis, Catalog Diptera, Australian and Oceanian Regions 86. p 555)
Distribution
Africa: East Tropical Africa (Kenya present, Uganda present); Middle Atlantic Ocean (Ascension present); Northeast Tropical Africa (Djibouti present, Sudan present); Northern Africa (Algeria present, Egypt present); West Tropical Africa (Ghana present); West-Central Tropical Africa (Zaire present); Asia-Temperate: Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia present, Yemen (North Yemen present, South Yemen present)); Eastern Asia (Kazan-retto present, Ogasawara-shoto present); Western Asia (Afghanistan present, Iran present, Iraq present, Palestine (Israel present)); Asia-Tropical: Papuasia (Bismarck Archipelago present, New Guinea present); Australasia: Australia (New South Wales present); Europe: Middle Europe (Germany present); Southwestern Europe (Spain present); Northern America: Eastern Canada (Québec present); Mexico present (Mexico Gulf (Veracruz present)); North-Central U.S.A. present; Northeastern U.S.A. present; Northwestern U.S.A. present; South-Central U.S.A. present; Southeastern U.S.A. present; Southwestern U.S.A. present; Pacific: North-Central Pacific (Hawaii (Hawaiian Is. present, Johnston I. present)); Northwestern Pacific (Caroline Is. present, Marianas present (Guam present), Marshall Is. present, Wake I. present); Southwestern Pacific (Vanuatu present); Southern America: Brazil present (Brazil Southeast (São Paulo present)); Caribbean (Cuba present, Leeward Is. (Antigua-Barbuda present, Virgin Is. present), Puerto Rico present, Windward Is. (St.Vincent present)); Central America (Central American Pacific Is. (Clipperton I. present), El Salvador present, Guatemala present, Panamá present); Western South America (Bolivia present, Galápagos present)
Occurrence
PA: Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Germany, Iran, Iraque, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Spain; AF: Djibouti, Ghana, Kenya, South Yemen, Sudan, Uganda, North Yemen, Zaire, Ascension; AU: New South Wales, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Ogasawara-shoto, Caroline Is., Guam, Hawaiian Is., Johnston I., Marianas, Marshall Is., Vanuatu, Kazan-retto, Wake I.; NE: Quebec, Northwestern U.S.A., North-Central U.S.A., Northeastern U.S.A., Southwestern U.S.A., South-Central U.S.A., Southeastern U.S.A.; NT: Bolivia, Brazil (Santos, São Paulo), El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico (Veracruz), Panama, Antigua, Clipperton I., Cuba, Galapagos, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent, Virgin Is.; OR.A
A. Brake, Irina: Milichiidae