Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Milichidae - Desmometopa?

Posted by Will van Niekerk on 28-02-2016 10:28
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Tiny flies on wrapped up honeybee, in scrubby grass in Chongwe Distr., Lusaka, Zambia.

For flies elsewhere, the Black 'M' on the head is mentioned as indicative of Desmometopa, which seems to have a few Afrotropical species, but I'm not sure if the same characters hold for the continent.

17 January 2015.