Desmometopa tarsalis
Content
Citation
not synonym with Agromyza albipennis Meigen (Hendel 1935: Séguy, E. Diptères (Brachycères). – Arb. morph. taxon. Ent. Berl. 2: 72-74. p 73)
correct name for D. m-nigrum as used in the Hawaiian literature (Hardy 1952: Additions and corrections to Bryan's check list of the Hawaiian Diptera. – Proc. Hawaii. ent. Soc. 14: 443-484D. p 474)
type information (MCZ type database 2005: Milichiidae. http://mcz-28168.oeb.harvard.edu/mcz/index.htm)
larval diagnosis in key, fig. of larva, Russia (Stackelberg 1956: Key to 3rd-instar larvae of the most important synanthropic Diptera. Pp. 97-123 in Synanthropic Diptera of the fauna of the USSR. – Akad. Nauk, SSSR, Zool. Inst. Detector No. 60. 97?)
catalog, North America (Aldrich: A catalogue of North American Diptera. p 649 (as Platophrymyia nigra))
Neotropical catalog, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Dominica (Sabrosky 1973: Family Milichiidae 75: 12 pp. – Sao Paulo, Brazil: Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo. p 2)
bred from decaying mollusks, Canton Island [species identity not checked!] (van Zwaluwenburg &R. H. 1943: The insects of Canton Island. – Proc. Hawaii. ent. Soc. 11: 300-312. p 311 (as Desmometopa m-nigrum))
attracted to methyl eugenol traps, Hawaii (Kido, Asquith & Vargas 1996: Nontarget insect attraction to methyl eugenol traps used in male annihilation of the oriental fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) in riparian Hawaiian stream habitat. – Envir. Ent. 25: 1279-1289. p 1283)
catalog, North America (Osten Sacken 1878: Catalogue of the described Diptera of North America. [Ed.2]. – Smithson. misc. Collns 16(2[=publ.270]): xlviii+276pp. p 210)
citation (Greenberg 1971: Flies and disease, Vol. I. Ecology, classification and biotic associations: ?. – Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press. p 216)
citation (Melander 1913: A Synopsis of the dipterous groups Agromyzidae, Milichiidae, Ochthiphilinae and Geomyzinae. – Jl. N.Y. ent. Soc. 21: 219-273,283-300,pl.8. p 241 (as Platophrymyia nigra))
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)
type information (Sabrosky 1983: A Synopsis of the world species of Desmometopa Loew (Diptera, Milichiidae). – Contr. Am. ent. Inst. 19(8): 1-69. p 56 (as Platophrymyia nigra))
on trunk of Populus deltoides and feeding at frass of cerambycid beetle on Robinia pseudo-acacia, Michigan (Steyskal 1949: The dipterous fauna of tree trunks. – Pap. Mich. Acad. Sci. 35: 121-134. p 121)
attracted to rotten egg baits, Jamaica, Costa Rica (Legner 1969: Attraction of Hippelates eye gnats and other minute diptera to baits and man with considerations on competitive displacement by exotic non-problem species. – Proceedings of the California Mosquito Control Association 37: 119-126)
near manure, marshes, attracted to human faeces and light traps, bred from moist cattle droppings, heaps of cow manure, decaying stump of papaya tree, and decaying aquatic vegetation; species, larvae, and puparium description; biology; very common on Guam (Bohart & Gressitt 1951: Filth-inhabiting flies of Guam. – Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 204: 1-152. 19, 22-23, 99)
checklist, Puerto Rico (Wolcott 1936: "Insectae Borinquenses." A revision of "Insectae Portoricensis.". – J. Agric. Univ. P.R. 20(1): 627+[3]pp. p 392)
Hawaii
visiting flowers of Aristolochia pilosa, Panama (Wolda & Sabrosky 1986: Insect visitors to two forms of Aristolochia pilosa in Las Cumbres, Panama. – Biotropica 18: 295-299)
citation (Woodruff, Beck, Skelley, Schotmann & Thomas 1998: Checklist and bibliography of the insects of Grenada and The Grenadines 2: 286pp. p 69 (as Dermometopa tarsalis))
Puerto Rico (Curran, C.H. 1928: Insects of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Diptera or two-winged flies. – Scient. Surv. P. Rico 11: 1-118. p 68)
breeding in material, possibly bon meal with molasses added, set out for cattle to lick, Hawaii (Gressitt 1956: Desmometopa tarsalis Loew. – Proc. Hawaii. ent. Soc. 16: 4. p 4)
checklist, North Carolina (Brimley 1967: Family Milichiidae, p. 101. – In: Wray, Insects of North Carolina, third supplement, 181pp. – Raleigh, N.C.: North Carolina Department of Agriculture, Division of Entomology. p 101)
on rotting pineapples, Hawaii [species identity not checked!] (Sakimura & Linford 1940: An annotated list of insects from Lanai. – Proc. Hawaii. ent. Soc. 10: 451-454. p 453 (as Desmometopa m-nigrum))
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. – Washington. p 731)
North Carolina (Brimley 1942: Supplement to insects of North Carolina: 39pp. – Raleigh, N.C.: North Carolina Department of Agriculture, Division of Entomology. p 29)
attributed to Loew (Nartshuk 2003: Key to families of Diptera (Insecta) of the fauna of Russian and adjacent countries [in Russian]. – Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, Leningrad 294. p 202 (as Desmometopa dorsalis))
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)
Australasian/Oceanian catalog (Sabrosky 1989: 78. Family: Milichiidae, pp. 555-557. – In: Evenhuis, Catalog Diptera, Australian and Oceanian Regions 86. p 555)
parasitized by Acarina, Uzbekistan (Sychevskaia 1964: Mites found on synanthropic flies in Uzbekistan. – Med. parazit. Parazitarn. Bolezni 5: 557-560. p 549)
Massachusetts
catalog, North America (Aldrich: A catalogue of North American Diptera. p 649)
on rotten stem cabbage, San Salvador (Berry 1957: Lista de insectos clasificados de El Salvador. – Boletin técnico (El Salvador. Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería) 21: 134pp. p 59)
light trap, Florida (Frost 1964: Insects taken in light traps at the Archbold Biological Station, Highlands County, Florida. – Fla Ent. 47: 129-161. p 158)
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)
Midway Atoll (Suehiro 1960: Insects and other arthropods from Midway Atoll. – Proc. Hawaii. ent. Soc. 17: 289-298. p 297)
description, distribution, figs of head, thoracic pleuron, lectotype designation; "flies which attack a large spider Nephila clavipes; "pentatomid", reared from cow dung, pond weed, and decaying barrel cactus (Sabrosky 1983: A Synopsis of the world species of Desmometopa Loew (Diptera, Milichiidae). – Contr. Am. ent. Inst. 19(8): 1-69. p 56)
figs of head, 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 357)
discussion of presence in Hawaii
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Papuasia (Solomon Is. (South Solomons present)); Northern America: Mexico present; South-Central U.S.A. (Texas present); Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona present); Pacific: North-Central Pacific (Hawaii present); Northwestern Pacific (Marianas (Guam present, Northern Marianas present), Wake I. present); Southwestern Pacific (Fiji present); Southern America: Caribbean (Bahamas present, Cuba present, Dominican Republic present, Jamaica present, Leeward Is. (Montserrat present, Virgin Is. present), Puerto Rico present, Trinidad-Tobago present, Windward Is. (Barbados present, Dominica present, Grenada present, St.Lucia present, St.Vincent present)); Central America (Belize present, Costa Rica present, El Salvador present, Guatemala present, Honduras present, Nicaragua present, Panamá present); Northern South America (Guyana present, Venezuela present); Western South America (Colombia present, Ecuador present, Galápagos present)
Occurrence
Arizona, Texas, Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana, Tobago, Grenada, St. Vincent, Barbados, St. Lucia, Dominica, Montserrat, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Jamaica, Galapagos, Hawaii, Wake Island, Guam, Northern Marianas, Fiji, South SolomonsA
A. Brake, Irina: Milichiidae