Desmometopa m-nigrum
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"an Rainen u. Waldrändern", Germany (Funk 1901: Vorläufer einer Dipterenfauna Bambergs. 1. Theil 1901: 47pp. – Bamberg: Gymnasialprogramm. p 40 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Hungary (Thalhammer 1899: Diptera, 76pp.,1pl. – In: Fauna Regni Hungariae 3. – Budapest: Akademiai Kiado. p 68 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Madeira (Becker 1908: Dipteren der Insel Madeira. – Mitt. zool. Mus. Berl. 4: 181-206. p 203 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Palaearctic catalog (Becker 1905: Katalog der paläarktischen Dipteren 4: 237-240. p 239 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
on Ribes oxyacanthoides (American Gooseberry) and R. rubrum (Red Currant), Connecticut (Britton & Viereck 1905: Insects collected from the flowers of fruit trees and plants. – Connecticut Experiment Station Report 1905: 207-244. 211-212 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
catalog, North America (Aldrich: A catalogue of North American Diptera. p 649 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
in fall on flowers in garden, on wet places in forest on grass, Austria, France (Mik 1881: Dipterologische Mittheilungen. I. Über einige Dipteren aus der Sammlung Dr. Emil Gobert's in Mont-de-Marsan. – Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 30: 587-610,Taf.XVII. p 599 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
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 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
New Jersey (Johnson 1900: Order Diptera, pp. 617-699. – In: Smith, The insects of New Jersey., ?. – New Jersey State Board of Agriculture. p 697 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Libya (Bezzi, M. 1921: Ditteri di Cirenaica raccolti dal Prof. Alessandro Ghigi durante l'escursione organaizzata dal Touring Club Italiano nel mese d'Aprile 1920. – Atti Soc. ital. Sci. nat. 60: ?. p 437 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Tunesien (Becker 1907: Die Ergebnisse meiner dipterologischen Frühjahrsreise nach Algier und Tunis 1906. – Z. syst. Hymenopt. Dipterol. 7: 369-407. p 406 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Austria (Strobl 1893: Beiträge zur Dipterenfauna des österreichischen Littorale. – Wien. ent. Ztg. 12: 121-136. p 134 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Italy (Bezzi,M., de Stefani-Perez &T. 1897: Enumerazione dei Ditteri fino ad ora raccolti in Sicilia. – Naturalista sicil. (An. II, Nuova Ser.) 1-3: 1-48. p 46 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
on Apiaceae (Zetterstedt 1848: Diptera Scandinaviae disposita et descripta 7: 2581-2934. – Lundae. p 2743 (as Agromyza m-nigrum))
Libya (Bezzi, M. 1914: Contributo allo studio della fauna Libica. Materiali raccolti nelle zone di Misurata e Homs (1912-13) dal Dott. Alfredo Andreini, Capitano Medico. Ditteri. – Annali Mus. civ. Stor. nat. Genova (3a) 6: 1-17(?165-181). p 16 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Maine, Massachusetts ( (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
New Jersey (Johnson 1910: Diptera of New Jersey. – A. Rep. N.J. St. Mus. 1909(1910): 703-814. p 812 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
catalog, France (Gobert 1887: Catalogue des diptères de France. – Revue Ent. 6: I+88pp. p 50 (as Agromyza m-nigrum))
Tunisia (Bezzi, M. 1922: Materiali per lo studio della fauna Tunisia raccolti da G. e L. Doria. – Annali Mus. civ. Stor. nat. Genova (3a) 10: 1-43. p 130 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Bosnien-Herzegowina (Strobl 1900: Dipterenfauna von Bosnien, Hercegovina und Dalmatien. – Wiss. Mitt. Bosn. Herzeg. 7: 631+639. p 640 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Czech Republic (Kowarz 1894: Verzeichnis der Insekten Böhmen's: ?. – Prag : Verlag der Physiokratischen Gesellschaft. p 29 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
kleptoparasitic on Misumena vatia, experiments, Finland, Norway, Sverige (Lundström 1906: Om Desmometopa-arternas snyltgästning hos spindlar och rofinsecter. – Meddn Soc. Fauna Flora fenn. 32: 100-104 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
California (Baker 1904: Reports on Californian and Nevadan Diptera, I. – Invertebrata Pacifica 1: 17-40. p 26 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Egypt, Cameroon ( (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Sudan (Becker 1922: Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der mit Unterstützung der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien aus der Erbschaft Treitl von F. Werner unternommenen zoologischen Expedition nach dem anglo-ägyptischen Sudan (Kordofan) 1914. VI. Diptera. – Denkschr. Akad. Wiss., Wien (math.-nat. Kl.) 98(1923): 57-82. p 71 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Spain (Grzegorzek 1873: Übersicht der bis jetzt in der Sandezer Gegend West-Galiziens gesammelten Dipteren. – Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 1873: 1-12. p 10 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Sweden (Zetterstedt 1860: Diptera Scandinaviae disposita et descripta, I-III, 14: 6191-6609. – Lundae. p 6452 (as Agromyza m-nigrum))
Norway (Siebke 1877: Catalogum Dipterorum Continentem. In Schneider, J. S.(ed.), Enumeratio insectorum Norvegicorum. Fasciculum IV, A.W.Broegger, Christianiae [= Oslo]. xiv + 255 pp. [1877.??.??]. p 179 (as Agromyza m-nigrum))
Spain ( (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Austria (Strobl 1910: Die Dipteren von Steiermark. II. Nachtrag. – Mitt. naturwiss. Ver. Steierm. 46(1909): 45-293. p 214 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
New Jersey (Smith 1899: Insects of New Jersey. A list of the species occurring in New Jersey, with notes on those of economic importance: 755pp. – Trenton, N. J.: MacCrellish & Quigley, State Printers. p 697 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Kansas (Tucker 1907: Some results of desultory collecting of insects in Kansas and Colorado. – Bulletin of the University of Kansas. Science Bulletin 4: 51-112. p 107 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Spain (Strobl 1906: Spanische Dipteren II. – Mems R. Soc. esp. Hist. nat. 3(1905): 271-422. p 376 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
type information, descriptive notes (Becker 1907: Desmometopa. – Wien. ent. Ztg. 26: 1-5. p 2 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Bermuda Is. (Johnson 1914: The dipteran fauna of Bermuda. – Ann. ent. Soc. Am. 6(1913): 443-455. p 452 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Kansas (Tucker 1906: Contributions towards a catalogue of the insects of Kansas. – Trans. Kans. Acad. Sci 20(2): 190-201. p 201 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Florida ( (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
"auf Rainen, Sumpfwiesen, lehmigen Ennsufern und an Waldbächen", Austria (Strobl 1894: Die Dipteren von Steiermark. – Mitt. naturwiss. Ver. Steierm. 30(1893): 1-152. p 136 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
kleptoparasitic behaviour on spiders and assassin bugs eating honey bees in Europe (Biró 1899: Commensalismus bei Fliegen. – Természetr. Füz. 22: 198-204. 201-204 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Palaearctic catalog ( (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Galapagos (Curran, C.H. 1934: The Templeton Crocker Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences, 1932. – Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 21: 147-172. p 162 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
citation (Bezzi, M. 1908: Ditteri Eritrei raccolti dal Dott. Andreini e dal Prof. Tellini. Parte Seconda (1). – Boll. Soc. ent. ital. 39(1907): 3-199. p 194 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum niloticum))
fig. of cerci (Hennig 1971: Die Familien Pseudopomyzidae und Milichiidae im Baltischen Bernstein. – Stuttg. Beitr. Naturk. 233: 1-16. p 15 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
in nest of loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta, Cyprus (McGowan, Broderick, Deeming, Godley & Hancock 2001: Dipteran infestation of loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and green (Chelonia mydas) sea turtle nests in northern Cyprus. – J. nat. Hist. 35: 573-581. p 576 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
checklist, Puerto Rico (Wolcott 1936: "Insectae Borinquenses." A revision of "Insectae Portoricensis.". – J. Agric. Univ. P.R. 20(1): 627+[3]pp. p 391 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Spain (Lyneborg 1969: Some Micropezidae, Psilidae, Platystomidae, Otitidae, Pallopteridae, Odiniidae, Aulacigasteridae, Asteiidae and Milichiidae collected in Southern Spain, with descriptions of six new species. – Ent. Meddr 37: 27-46. p 40 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
checklist, Bermuda Is. (Ogilvie 1928: The insects of Bermuda: 52.pp. – Bermuda Dep. Agric. p 46 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Palaearctic catalog (Becker 1905: Katalog der paläarktischen Dipteren 4: 237-240. p 239 (as Desmometopa niloticum))
Neotropical catalog, Cuba, Dominica, Jamaica (Sabrosky 1973: Family Milichiidae 75: 12 pp. – Sao Paulo, Brazil: Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo. p 2 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
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 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Galapagos Is. (Linsley & Usinger 1966: Insects of the Galapagos Islands. – Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 33: 113-196,1table. p 170 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
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 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
cultivation, alfalfa field, Oman, Yemen (Deeming 1998: Milichiidae and Carnidae (Diptera: Cyclorrhapha) from the Arabian Peninsula, pp. 147-157. – In: Büttiker, Attiah & Pont, Fauna of Arabia 17. p 150 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Hungary (Papp 1978: 72. család: Milichiidae + Carnidae. – Fauna Hung. 15: 9-50. p 25 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Brazil (Serra, A.L. 2002: Insecta - Diptera - Milichiidae (Phyllomyzidae, incl. Carnidae), pp. 1-3. – In: Fauna da Amazonia Brasileira 18. – Belem: Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi. p 2 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
milking aphids (Herzig 1938: Blattlausmelkende Fliegen. – Zool. Anz. 121: 18-20. p 19 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Giarabub oasis (Séguy 1930: Risultanti zoologici della missione inviata della R. Società Geografica Italiana per l'esplorazione dell' oasi di Giarabub (1926-1927). Insectes diptères. – Annali Mus. civ. Stor. nat. Genova 55: 75-93. p 85 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
checklist, Poland (Nowakowski 1991: Milichiidae, pp. 218-219. – In: Razowski, Checklist of animals of Poland 2, 342pp. – Wroclaw, Warszawa, Krakow: Polska Adademia Nauk, Instytut Systematyki I Ewolucji Zwierzat. p 218 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
"Borana" (Javello, Mega) (Séguy 1939: Diptera (esc Culicidae), pp. 123-148. – In: Missione Biol. Paese dei Borana 3(Zool.)(2). p 142 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
checklist, North Carolina (Brimley 1938: The insects of North Carolina. Being a list of the insects of North Carolina and their close relatives: 560pp. – Raleigh, N.C.: North Carolina Department of Agriculture, Division of Entomology. p 389 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
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 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Russia: North European territory ( (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
under Tamariscs and on dry meadows, on Azores, Portugal (Frey 1945: Tiergeographische Studien über die Dipterenfauna der Azoren. I. Verzeichnis der bisher von den Azoren bekannten Dipteren. – Commentat. biol. 8(10) (1944): 1-114,TafelI-IV. p 97 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Spain (Carles-Tolrá 1994: Lista preliminar de 34 familias de dípteros acalípteros de Cataluña (España) (Diptera Acalyptrata). – Ses. Conf. Ent. ICHN-SCL 8: 17-28. p 21 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Massachusetts, New Jersey (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 Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Netherlands (de Beuk,T., Brake &I. 1996: Milichiidae, pp. 60-61. – In: Zuijlen,J.W.A., Peeters,T.M.J., Wielink,P.S., van Eck,A.P.W., Bouvy &E.H.M., Brand-stof. Een inventarisatie van de entomofauna van het naturreservat 'De Brand' in 1990, 228pp. – Tilbourg : Insektenwerkgroep KNNV-afdeling Tilbourg. p 61 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
citation (Eckloff 1976: Untersuchungen und Diskussionen zur Evolutionsbiologie und zum Kommunikationssystem der Trophobiose zwischen formicophilen Homopteren (besonders Aphiden) und Ameisen unter Berücksichtigung der Beziehung zwischen Aphiden und Dipteren. – Freiburg im Breisgau. p 182 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
description, figs of head, thoracic pleuron, male genitalia, on flowers neighboring an swine hut, Japan (Iwasa 1996: The genus Desmometopa Loew (Diptera, Milichiidae) of Japan. – Med. Ent. Zool. 47: 347-353. p 348 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Quebec (Winn & Beaulieu 1932: A preliminary list of the insects of the province of Quebec - Part II, Diptera (two-winged flies). Revised and supplemented. – Report of the Quebec Society for the Protection of Plants 24(Supplement): 100pp. p 62 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
on flowers and windows, Spain (Carles-Tolrá 1992: New and interesting records of Diptera Acalyptrata from Spain. Part I: Acartophthalmidae, Opomyzidae, Anthomyzidae, Asteiidae, Carnidae, Tethinidae, Milichiidae and Cryptochetidae. – Bull. Ann. Soc. r. belge Ent. 128: 343-353. p 349 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
citation, ill with Mucor (Greenberg 1971: Flies and disease, Vol. I. Ecology, classification and biotic associations: ?. – Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press. p 216 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Puerto Rico (Beatty 1944: The insects of St. Croix, V. I. – J. Agric. Univ. P.R. 28: 144-155. p 154 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
checklist of Jamaica (Gowdey 1926: Catalogus insectorum Jamaicensis. Order Diptera. – Entomological Bulletin 4: 72-90. p 89 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
checklist, Chile (Ortiz 1946: Catalogo de los dipteros de Chile: 250pp. – Santiago de Chile: Imprenta Universitaria. p 142 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
reared from Campanula [citation of Gercke?], Germany (Kröber 1910: Fauna Hamburgensis. Verzeichnis der in der Umgebung von Hamburg gefundenen Dipteren. – Verh. Ver. naturw. Unterh. Hamb. 14(1907-1909): 3-113+1Karte. p 103 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Seychelles (Lamb 1914: The Percy Sladen Trust expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, under the leadership of Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner, M. A. Vol. 5. No XV. – Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. (2, Zool.) 16: 307-372. p 360 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Spain (Carles-Tolrá 1997: Citas nuevas de dípteros acalípteros para la Península Ibérica (Diptera, Acalyptrata). – Boletin de la Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa 17: 7-10. p 8 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
checklist, Denmark (Chandler, Petersen & Papp 2001: Milichiidae, pp. 201-202. – In: Petersen & Meier, R., A preliminary list of the Diptera of Denmark. 26, pp. 119-279. p 201 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
checklist, Netherlands (Beuk, P. 2002: Family Milichiidae, pp. 286-287. – In: Beuk, P., Checklist of the Diptera of the Netherlands, 448pp. – Utrecht: KNNV Uitgeverij. p 286 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
kleptoparasitic on spider with honey bee, Alabama (Landau & Gaylor 1987: Observations on commensal Diptera (Milichiidae and Chloropidae) associated with spiders in Alabama. – J. Arach. 15: 270-272 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
citation (Séguy 1950: La Biologie des Diptères: 609pp. – Paris : Ed. Lechevalier P. et Fils. p 320 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
in Juniper thurifera forest, Spain (Carles-Tolrá & Blasco-Zumeta 2001: Estudio comparativo de veintinueve familias de dípteros colectados en un sabinar de Juniperus thurifera L. en Los Monegros (Zaragoza) (Diptera: Orthorrhapha y Cyclorrhapha). – Boletin de la Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa 29: 49-64. p 56 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
on Corse, France (Kuntze 1913: Dipterologische Sammelreise in Korsika des Herrn W. Schnuse in Dresden im Juni und Juli 1899. – Dt. ent. Z. 1913: 544-552. p 551 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Canary Islands (Frey 1936: Die Dipterenfauna der Kanarischen Inseln und ihre Probleme. – Commentat. biol. 6(1): 1-237. p 62 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
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 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
in cave, Namibia (Papp 1978: Some cavernicolous Diptera of the Geneva Museum. – Revue suisse Zool. 85: 99-106. p 106 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
citation (Knab 1915: Commensalism in Desmometopa. (Diptera, Agromyzidae). – Proc. ent. Soc. Wash. 17: 117-121. p 120 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Jamaica (Johnson 1919: A revised list of the Diptera of Jamaica. – Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 41: 448-449?. p 448 (as Desmometopia m-nigrum))
on Apiaceae, Spain (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. p 191 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
pollinating Abrame angustum L. J., Cameroon (de Meijere &J.C.H. 1906: Einige von Herrn Dr. Winkler in Victoria, Kamerun, gesammelte Dipteren. – Z. syst. Hymenopt. Dipterol. 6: 332-335. p 332 (as Desmometopa niloticum))
checklist, Egypt (Steyskal & El-Bialy 1967: A list of Egyptian Diptera with a bibliography and key to families. – United Arab Republic, Ministry of Agriculture, Technical Bulletin 3: 87pp. p 33 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
figs of ovipositor, Canary Islands, Greece, Israel ( (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Afghanistan (Papp 1979: Milichiidae and Carnidae from Afghanistan. – Folia ent. hung. 32: 105-109. p 106 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
checklist, Czech Republic, Slovakia (Gregor 1987: Milichiidae, p. 262. – In: Jezek, Enumeratio insectorum Bohemoslovakiae - Check list of Czechoslovak insects II (Diptera). 18. p 262 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Australasian/Oceanian catalog (Sabrosky 1989: 78. Family: Milichiidae, pp. 555-557. – In: Evenhuis, Catalog Diptera, Australian and Oceanian Regions 86. p 555 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Egypt ()
developing in pasture dung, Hungary (Papp 1992: Fly communities in pasture dung: Some results and problems (Diptera). – Acta zool. hung. 38: 75-88. p 84 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Spain (Carles-Tolrá 1995: Dípters, pp. 69-85. – In: Barrientos, El patrimoni biològic del Montseny, Catàlegs de flor, 2, 85pp. – Barcelona: Diputació de Barcelona. Servei de Parcs Naturals. p 75 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
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 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
an Nidorella, Namibia (Lindner 1974: Zur Kenntnis der Dipteren-Fauna Südwestafrikas, III. Diptera Acalyptratae. – Journal - S.W.A. Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft 28(1973/74): 73-77. p 77 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Connecticut (Britton 1920: Check-list of the insects of Connecticut. – Bull. Connecticut State Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 31: 396pp. p 209 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
discussion of presence in Hawaii [see Hardy 1952: 474] (Bryan 1934: A review of the Hawaiian Diptera, with descriptions of new species. – Proc. Hawaii. ent. Soc. 8: 399-468. p 441 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
on human and cow feaces, duration of developmental stages, India (Joseph & Parui 1980: Filth inhabiting flies (Diptera) of Calcutta City. – Bull. zool. Surv. India 3(1&2): 1-12 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
checklist, Finland (Frey 1941: Enumeratio insectorum fenniae VI.Diptera: 63pp. – Helsingfors : Helsingfors Entomologiska Bytesförening. p 30 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Portugal (Carles-Tolrá 2001: Algunos dípteros nuevos para Portugal (Insecta, Diptera). – Zoologica baetica 12: 91-100. p 96 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
synonymy, criticism of Zetterstedts description, which is probably partly of L. latipes (Becker 1907: Desmometopa. – Wien. ent. Ztg. 26: 1-5. p 2 (as Desmometopa niloticum))
Spain ( (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
kleptoparasitic on Asilidae Eutolmus with honey bee, Algeria (de Peyerimhoff &P. 1917: Phorésie et commensalisme chez les Desmometopa. – Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1917: 215-218. p 216 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
diagnosis, figs of head, wing, male terminalia, biology, distribution, compolitan (Hennig 1937: Milichiidae et Carnidae, pp. 1-91. – In: Lindner, Die Fliegen der palaearktischen Region 61a. – Stuttgart : Schweizerbart. 6, 40 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
on Phragmites communis, Bulgaria (Beshosvki 1966: Several families of Diptera unknown to Bulgarian fauna: Dryomyzidae, Chamaemyiidae, Trichoscelidae, Asteidae, Canacidae and Milichiidae. – Bulletin de l’Institut de zoologie et Musée K.H. 21: 11-13. p 12 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Hungary (Papp 1981: Lauxaniidae, Periscelididae, Asteiidae, Aulacigastridae, Diastatidae, Camillidae, Odiniidae, Milichiidae and Carnidae (Diptera, Acalyptratae) in the Hortobágy, 223-228?. – In: Mahunka, S., The fauna of the Hortobágy National Park. p 227 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
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 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
description, figs of head and thoracic pleuron, distribution, on Impala carcass, in poultry houses, reared from chicken manure; "feeding at Apis wrapped up by Metargiope spider", "numerous on a honey bee captured by a spider, Thomisus sp., hovering in a cluster very closely over bee thorax and sometimes crawling or resting briefly on it, as if to obtain a fluid" (Sabrosky 1983: A Synopsis of the world species of Desmometopa Loew (Diptera, Milichiidae). – Contr. Am. ent. Inst. 19(8): 1-69. p 27 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Germany ( (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
not on Hawaii (Hardy 1952: Additions and corrections to Bryan's check list of the Hawaiian Diptera. – Proc. Hawaii. ent. Soc. 14: 443-484D. p 474)
catalog, Portugal (Azores, Madeira), Spain (Baleares, Canary Is.) (Carles-Tolrá & Báez 2002: Milichiidae, p. 174. – In: Carles-Tolrá, Catálogo de los Diptera de España, Portugal y Andorra (Insecta) 8. – Zaragoza. p 174 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Slovakia (Rohácek, J. 1987: Second supplement to the acalyptrate Diptera fauna (Pseudopomyzidae, Strongylophthalmyiidae, Chamaemyiidae, Chyromyidae, Anthomyzidae, Aulacigastridae, Periscelididae, Carnidae, Milichiidae) of Czechoslovakia. – Cas. slezsk. Muz. Opave (A) 36: 97-108. p 104 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Balearic Is., on Apiaceae and on lamp (Carles-Tolrá 1995: Nuevas citas de dípteros acalipteros para las Islas Baleares, junto con una lista preliminar de once familias (Diptera: Acalyptrata). – Boln. Asoc. esp. Ent. 19: 253-265. p 257 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
catalog, Slovakia (Gregor 1986: Celad: Milichiidae, ?. – In: Cepelák, Diptera Slovenska, II: Cyclorrhapha, 435pp. – Veda, Bratislava. p 184 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Hawaii (Krauss 1945: Notes on some Hawaiian Insects. – Proc. Hawaii. ent. Soc. 12: 309-317. p 317 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Island of Rodriguez (Bezzi, M. & Lamb 1926: XXIII. Diptera (excluding Nematocera) from the Island of Rodriguez. – Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1925: 537-573. p 563 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
reared from poorly dried snail shells collected in the Fiji Islands, adults breed on banana and yeast agar, developmental data (Baumberger 1919: A nutritional study of insects, with special reference to microorganisms and their substrata. – J. exp. Zool. 28: 1-81. p 43 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Canary Islands (Deeming & Báez 1985: Some Milichiidae (Diptera, Cyclorrhapha) from the Canary Islands. – Entomologist's mon. Mag. 121: 63-69. p 63 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Chile (Malloch 1934: Acalyptrata (concluded), 393-489,pl.8,text-figs.69-84. – In: Malloch, Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile 6. – London : British Mus. (Nat. Hist.). p 464 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Arizona, California (Cole 1969: Milichiidae, pp. 387-390. – In: Cole & Schlinger, The flies of Western North America, xi+693pp. – Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press. p 390 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
usually in very dry localities, Cape Verde Is. (Frey 1958: Zur Kenntnis der Diptera brachycera pp. der Kapverdischen Inseln. – Commentat. biol. 18(4): 1-61. p 51 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
in Barrancos and on sand dunes, common in very dry habitats, beneath Euphorbia, Canary Islands (Frey 1936: Die Dipterenfauna der Kanarischen Inseln und ihre Probleme. – Commentat. biol. 6(1): 1-237. p 125 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
on Apiaceae, Germany (Kramer 1917: Die Musciden der Oberlausitz. – Abh. naturforsch. Ges. Görlitz 28: 257-352. p 348 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
favours arid habitats, sand dunes etc., in slaughter-house, Saudi Arabia (Büttiker, Attiah & Pont 1979: Insects of Saudi Arabia. Diptera: Synanthropic Flies, pp. 352-367. – In: Büttiker, Attiah & Pont, Fauna Saudi Arabia 1. – Basel. p 357 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Sweden (Wahlgren 1927: 25. Fam. Sprickflugor. Milichiidae, pp. 381-384. – In: Svensk Insektfauna II. Diptera 2. Cyclorrhapha 2. Schizophora. Fam. 21-26. – Stockholm. p 383 (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 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
New York (Leonard 1928: List of the insects of New York with a list of the spiders and certain other allied groups. – Mem. Cornell Univ. Agric. Exp. Stn. 101(1926): 1-1121. p 865 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Egypt ( (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
on aircraft (Denning, Pratt, Staebler & Wirth 1947: A tabulation of insects recovered from aircraft entering the United States at Miami, Florida, during the period July 1943 through December 1944. – U.S. Dep. Agric., Foreign Plant Quarantines Memorandum 474: ?. p 25 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
reared from water contained in the axils of decaying Heliconia blossoms, Hawaii (Swezey 1952: Insects from decaying blossoms. – Proc. Hawaii. ent. Soc. 14: 357. p 357 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
figs of head, wing, male terminalia, aedeagus (Séguy 1934: 28. Diptères (Brachycères) (Muscidae Acalyptraterae et Scatophagidae): 832pp+27pl. – Paris. p 641 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
checklist, Italy (Canzoneri, Gorodkov, Krivosheina, Munari, Nartshuk, Papp & Süss 1995: Diptera Opomyzoidea, Carnoidea, Sphaeroceroidea, 27pp. – In: Minelli, Ruffo & La Posta, Checklist delle specie della fauna italiana 75. p 25 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Romania (Ursu 1989: Contribution à la connaissance des Milichiides de la faune de Roumanie. – Trav. Mus. Hist. nat. Gr. Antipa 30: 97-99. p 98 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
citation (Osten Sacken 1858: Catalogue of the described Diptera of North America. – Smithson. misc. Collns 3(I[=publ.102]): vii-xx,1-92. p 77 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Australia (Thalhammer 1899: Diptera, 76pp.,1pl. – In: Fauna Regni Hungariae 3. – Budapest: Akademiai Kiado. p 327 (as Desmometopa M. nigrum))
Distribution
Africa: Macaronesia (Azores present, Canary Is. present, Cape Verde present, Madeira present); Middle Atlantic Ocean (St.Helena present); Northeast Tropical Africa (Sudan present); Northern Africa (Algeria present, Egypt present, Libya present, Morocco present, Tunisia present); Southern Africa (Namibia present); West-Central Tropical Africa (Cameroon present); Western Indian Ocean (Madagascar present, Seychelles present); Asia-Temperate: Arabian Peninsula (Oman present, Saudi Arabia present, Yemen present); Eastern Asia (Japan present); Western Asia (Afghanistan present, Cyprus present, Palestine (Israel present)); Asia-Tropical: Indian Subcontinent (Assam present, Pakistan present, Sri Lanka present); Australasia: Australia (New South Wales present); Europe: Eastern Europe (North European Russia present); Middle Europe (Austria present, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic present, Slovakia present), Germany present, Hungary present, Netherlands present, Poland present); Northern Europe (Denmark present, Finland present, Norway present, Sweden present); Southeastern Europe (Bulgaria present, Greece present, Italy present, Romania present); Southwestern Europe (France present, Portugal present, Spain present); Northern America: Eastern Canada (Québec present); Mexico present; North-Central U.S.A. (Iowa present, Kansas present); Northeastern U.S.A. (Connecticut present, Maine present, Massachusetts present, Michigan present, New Hampshire present, New Jersey present, New York present); South-Central U.S.A. (Texas present); Southeastern U.S.A. (Alabama present, Florida present, North Carolina present); Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona present, California present); Southern America: Brazil present; Caribbean (Bermuda present, Cuba present, Jamaica present, Puerto Rico present, Windward Is. (Barbados present, Dominica present)); Western South America (Ecuador present, Galápagos present)
Occurrence
PA: Afghanistan, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, North European Russia, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Tunesia, Yemen; AF: Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Egypt, Madagascar, Namibia, Seychelles, St. Helena, Sudan; NE: Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Quebeck, Texas; NT: Barbados, Bermudas, Chile, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Galapagos; AU: New South Wales; OR: Assam, Sri Lanka, PakistanA
A. Brake, Irina: Milichiidae