Milichia proectes

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Milichia proectes

Distribution

Africa: West Tropical Africa (Nigeria present)

Citation

ant associated, Nigeria, figs of arista, face (Deeming 1976: Four new short-faced species of the genus Milichia Meigen with a key to the Nigerian members of the group (Diptera: Milichiidae). – Ent. scand. 7: 35-40: 38)
Afrotropical catalog
myrmecophilous on Crematogaster (Farquharson 1921: Notes on the life-history of Milichia argyratoides, and the habits of other Milichiidae. – Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1921: 444-447: 445)
?citation of Farquharson, exhibition (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: 11)
"solicit and receive regurgitated food from ants in the track running up the trunk of Crematogaster ant-trees" (Collin 1922: XII. Description of a new genus and two new species of Cecidomyidae, and six new species of acalyptrate Muscidae (Ephydridae and Milichiidae). – Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1921: 504-517,4pls: 512)
type information (Pont 1995: The type-material of Diptera (Insecta) described by G.H. Verrall and J.E. Collin, Oxford University Mu: 136)