Milichia dectes

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Milichia dectes

Distribution

Africa: West Tropical Africa (Nigeria present)

Citation

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: 446)
Afrotropical catalog
information on type-material (Pont 1995: The type-material of Diptera (Insecta) described by G.H. Verrall and J.E. Collin, Oxford University Mu: 57)
"mendicants, soliciting food from Crematogaster ants" (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: 514)
"swept-off ant nest (Crematogaster buchneri Forel), habit as M. farquharsoni", Nigeria, drawing (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: 39)