Milichia aethiops

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Milichia aethiops

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Diagnosis

Differs from congeners in the combination of posterior eye margin without notch but slowly separating from head margin ventrally, shiny black mesonotum, male T2-4 brown microtomentose with shiny posterolateral corners, and T5 shiny black except for microtomentose anterior margin.

Distribution

Northern America: Mexico present; South-Central U.S.A. (Texas present)

Citation

Neotropical catalog

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: 732)

reared from wild tuber (Malloch 1913: A synopsis of the genera of Agromyzidae, with descriptions of new genera and species. – Proc. U.S. natn. Mus. 46: 127-154,pls.4-6: 133)

Nearctic checklist (Poole 1996: Diptera, Lepidoptera, Siphonaptera. Nomina Insecta Nearctica. A checklist of the insects of North America. Vol. 3: 1143pp: 178)