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Milichiella Giglio-Tos 1895

  • 1. Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, INBIO (Zoologia), Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
  • 2. Área de Entomología, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santiago, Chile
  • 3. Departamento de Biologia (Ribeirão Preto), University of São Paulo, Brazil

Description

Genus Milichiella Giglio-Tos, 1895

Milichiella Giglio-Tos, 1895: 367. Type-species: Tephritis argentea Fabricius, 1805: 323 (mon.; misident.) = Milichiella tosi Becker, 1907b.

Ophthalmomyia Williston, 1896: 426. Type-species: Lobioptera lacteipennis Loew, 1866: 185 (mon.). Syn. Becker 1907b: 531.

Stenoporomyia Hendel, 1903: 250. Type-species: Lobioptera tiefii Mik, 1887: 178 (orig. des.), syn. Becker 1907b: 531.

Eccoptomma Becker, 1907b: 540. Type-species: Eccoptomma frontale Becker, 1907b: 542 (subs. des. Malloch 1934: 463). Hennig 1937: 28 (diag.), syn. Sabrosky 1980: 688.

Ulia Becker, 1907b: 544. Type-species: Ulia poecilogastra Becker, 1907b: 544 (mon.). Sabrosky 1973: 7 (cat.), syn. Brake 2009: 9.

Pareccoptomma Duda, 1935b: 25 [as subgenus of Milichia]. Type-species: Milichia nigeriae Duda, 1935b: 26 (orig. des.), syn. Sabrosky 1980: 688.

References. Becker, 1907b: 531 (redes.), 541 (key); Malloch, 1913: 130 (key); Malloch, 1934: 462 (key), 463–464 (com.); Duda, 1935b: 26 (tax.); Sabrosky, 1973: 2 (cat.); Brake, 2000 (rev.): 90 (key), 104 (cat.); Brake, 2009 (rev.); Swann, 2010: 1128 (key).

Notes

Published as part of González, Christian R., Mello, Ramon Luciano, Elgueta, Mario & Amorim, Dalton De Souza, 2025, A catalog of the Milichiidae of Chile (Diptera: Carnoidea), pp. 127-137 in Zootaxa 5723 (1) on pages 132-133, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5723.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/17893083

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Giglio-Tos
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Milichiidae
Genus
Milichiella
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Milichiella Giglio-Tos, 1895 sec. González, Mello, Elgueta & Amorim, 2025

References

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  • Fabricius, J. C. (1805) Systema antliatorum secundum ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymies, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Carolum Reichard, Brunsvigae, XIV + 389 pp. [pp. I - XIV + 15 - 373 + 1-30] https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.15806
  • Becker, T. (1907 b) Die Dipteren-Gruppe Milichinae. Annales Historico-naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 5, 507-550.
  • Williston, S. W. (1896) On the Diptera of St. Vincent (West Indies). Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1896, 253-446, pls. 8 - 14. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1896.tb00965.x
  • Loew, H. (1866) Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 9, 127-186. https://doi.org/10.1002/mmnd.18650090303
  • Hendel, F. (1903) Kritische Bemerkungen zur Systematik der Muscidae acalypteratae. I. Ueder die Sectio Milichinae. Wiener entomologische Zeitung, 22, 249-252. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.9739
  • Mik, J. (1887) Ueber Dipteren. I. Drei neue osterreichische Dipteren. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 37, 173-180.
  • Malloch, J. R. (1934) Acalyptrata (concluded). In: Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile. Part VI. Fascicle 5. British Museum (Nat. Hist.), London, pp. 393-489, pl. VIII.
  • Hennig, W. (1937) 60 a. Milichiidae et Carnidae. In: Lindner, E. (Ed.), Die Fliegen der palaearktischen Region. 6 (1). Schweizerbart, Stuttgart, pp. 1-91.
  • Sabrosky, C. W. (1980) 75. Family Milichiidae. In: Crosskey, R. W., Cogan, B. H. & Freeman, P. (Eds.), Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London, pp. 686-689.
  • Sabrosky, C. W. (1973) 75. Family Milichiidae. In: Papavero, N. (Ed.), A catalogue of the Diptera of the Americas South of the United States. Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, pp. 1-12.
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  • Duda, O. (1935 b) Einige neue afrikanische akalyptrate Musciden (Diptera) des British Museum. Stylops, A Journal of Taxonomic Entomology, 4, 25-34. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1935.tb01294.x
  • Malloch, J. R. (1913) A synopsis of the genera of Agromyzidae, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 46, 127-154, pls. 4 - 6. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.46-2018.127
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