Desmometopa microps
Content
Citation
description, figs of head, distribution, type information (Sabrosky 1983: A Synopsis of the world species of Desmometopa Loew (Diptera, Milichiidae). – Contr. Am. ent. Inst. 19(8): 1-69. p 25)
description and figs of head, thoracic pleuron, male genitalia, on flowers and in the vicinity of cattle houses and sewage water, Japan (Iwasa 1996: The genus Desmometopa Loew (Diptera, Milichiidae) of Japan. – Med. Ent. Zool. 47: 347-353. p 348)
Hungary (Papp 2001: Cyclorrhaphan flies new for the fauna of Hungary (Diptera). – Folia ent. hung. 62: 283-292. p 287)
Taiwan (Hennig 1941: Verzeichnis der Dipteren von Formosa. – Ent. Beih. Berl.-Dahlem 8: iv+239. p 177 (as Desmometopa tristicula))
Afghanistan (Papp 1979: Milichiidae and Carnidae from Afghanistan. – Folia ent. hung. 32: 105-109. p 106)
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 25 (as Desmometopa tristicula))
checklist, Japan (Hirashima, Morimoto & Tadauchi 1989: A check list of Japanese insects. [in Japanese]. 2: 1767pp. – Fukuoka: The Entomological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, the Japan Wildlife Research Center. p 814)
Palaearctic catalog ()
Afrotropical catalog (Sabrosky 1980: 75. Family Milichiidae, pp. 686-689. – In: Crosskey, Cogan, Freeman, Pont, Smith & Oldroyd, Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region, 1437pp. – London. p 686)
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)
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 (Tanzania present); West-Central Tropical Africa (Cameroon present); Western Indian Ocean (Seychelles present); Asia-Temperate: China present (Manchuria present); Eastern Asia (Japan present, Nansei-shoto present, Taiwan present); Western Asia (Afghanistan present); Asia-Tropical: Indian Subcontinent (Nepal present ‒ present, Pakistan present, Sri Lanka present); Indo-China (Thailand present); Malesia (Jawa present, Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present)); Pacific: Northwestern Pacific (Marianas (Guam present))
Occurrence
AF: Cameroon, Seychelles, Tanzania; OR: Taiwan, Pakistan, Nepal, Manchuria, Nansei-shoto, Jawa, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Guam, Peninsular Malaysia; PA: Afghanistan, Nepal, China, Japan.A
A. Brake, Irina: Milichiidae