Desmometopa

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Muscomorpha
Sectio: Schizophora
Subsectio: Acalyptrata
Superfamilia: Carnoidea

Familia: Milichiidae
Subfamilia: Madizinae
Genus: Desmometopa
Species (51): D. aczeli – D. aldabrae – D. argentinica – D. atypica – D. blantoni – D. brachycephala – D. ciliata – D. discipalpis – D. dolichocephala – D. evanescens – D. flavicornis – D. flavicoxa – D. flavipalpis – D. floridensis – D. glabrifrons – D. glandulifera – D. glaucanota – D. gressitti – D. inaurata – D. indistincta – D. interfrontalis – D. kandyensis – D. latigena – D. leptometopoides – D. lucidifrons – D. m-nigrum – D. magnicornis – D. melanderi – D. meridionalis – D. microps – D. nearctica – D. nigeriae – D. nigrifemorata – D. nigrohalteralis – D. nudigena – D. obscurifrons – D. parafacialis – D. philippinensis – D. pleuralis – D. postorbitalis – D. propeciliata – D. sabroskyi – D. saguaro – D. singaporensis – D. sordida – D. srilankae – D. stilbopleura – D. tarsalis – D. terminalis – D. varipalpis – D. woldai

[source: Catalogue of Life: 2010 Annual Checklist]
Name

Desmometopa Loew, 1865
Synonymy

Litometopa Sabrosky, 1965

References

Brake, I.; Freidberg, A. 2003: Revision of Desmometopa Loew (Litometopa Sabrosky) (Diptera: Milichiidae), with descriptions of six new species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 105(2): 265–282. BHL Reference page.
Sabrosky, C.W. 1983: A synopsis of the world species of Desmometopa Loew (Diptera, Milichiidae). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 19(8): 1-69. Full article (PDF) Reference page.

Desmometopa is a genus of freeloader flies in the family Milichiidae. There are more than 50 described species in Desmometopa.[1][2][3]

Species

These 53 species belong to the genus Desmometopa:

Desmometopa aczeli Sabrosky, 1983
Desmometopa aldabrae Sabrosky, 1983
Desmometopa argentinica Sabrosky, 1983
Desmometopa atypica Sabrosky, 1983
Desmometopa blantoni Sabrosky, 1983
Desmometopa brachycephala Brake & Freidberg, 2003
Desmometopa ciliata Hendel, 1919
Desmometopa discipalpis Papp, 1993
Desmometopa dolichocephala Brake & Freidberg, 2003
Desmometopa evanescens Sabrosky, 1983
Desmometopa flavicornis Brake & Freidberg, 2003
Desmometopa flavicoxa Hendel, 1932
Desmometopa flavipalpis Sabrosky, 1983
Desmometopa floridensis Sabrosky, 1983
Desmometopa glabrifrons (Sabrosky, 1965)
Desmometopa glandulifera Brake & Freidberg, 2003
Desmometopa glaucanota Sabrosky, 1983
Desmometopa gressitti Sabrosky, 1983
Desmometopa inaurata Lamb
Desmometopa indistincta Sabrosky, 1983
Desmometopa interfrontalis Sabrosky, 1965
Desmometopa kandyensis Sabrosky, 1983
Desmometopa latigena (Sabrosky, 1930)
Desmometopa leptometopoides Sabrosky, 1983
Desmometopa lucidifrons Sabrosky, 1983
Desmometopa magnicornis Sabrosky, 1983
Desmometopa melanderi Sabrosky, 1983
Desmometopa meridionalis Sabrosky, 1983
Desmometopa microps Lamb, 1914
Desmometopa m-nigrum (Zetterstedt, 1848)
Desmometopa nearctica Sabrosky, 1983
Desmometopa nigeriae Sabrosky, 1983
Desmometopa nigrifemorata Brake & Freidberg, 2003
Desmometopa nigrohalteralis Sabrosky, 1983
Desmometopa nudigena Sabrosky, 1983
Desmometopa obscurifrons Sabrosky, 1983
Desmometopa palpalia (Wahlberg, 1848)
Desmometopa parafacialis Sabrosky, 1983
Desmometopa philippinensis Sabrosky, 1983
Desmometopa pleuralis Sabrosky, 1983
Desmometopa postorbitalis Sabrosky, 1983
Desmometopa propeciliata Sabrosky, 1983
Desmometopa sabroskyi Brake & Freidberg, 2003
Desmometopa saguaro Sabrosky, 1983
Desmometopa singaporensis Kertesz
Desmometopa sordida (Fallen, 1820)
Desmometopa srilankae Sabrosky, 1983
Desmometopa stilbopleura Sabrosky, 1983
Desmometopa tarsalis Loew, 1866
Desmometopa terminalis Sabrosky, 1983
Desmometopa tristicula Hendel
Desmometopa varipalpis Malloch, 1927
Desmometopa woldai Sabrosky, 1983

References

"Desmometopa Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
"Desmometopa". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

"Desmometopa genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading

McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume II. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.