@article {23924, title = {Catalogue of the Diptera (Insecta) of Morocco{\textemdash} an annotated checklist, with distributions and a bibliography}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {1094}, year = {2022}, month = {Apr-12-2022}, pages = {1-466}, abstract = {

The faunistic knowledge of the Diptera of Morocco recorded from 1787 to 2021 is summarized and updated in this first catalogue of Moroccan Diptera species. A total of 3057 species, classified into 948 genera and 93 families (21 Nematocera and 72 Brachycera), are listed. Taxa (superfamily, family, genus and species) have been updated according to current interpretations, based on reviews in the literature, the expertise of authors and contributors, and recently conducted fieldwork. Data to compile this catalogue were primarily gathered from the literature. In total, 1225 references were consulted and some information was also obtained from online databases. Each family was reviewed and the checklist updated by the respective taxon expert(s), including the number of species that can be expected for that family in Morocco. For each valid species, synonyms known to have been used for published records from Morocco are listed under the currently accepted name. Where available, distribution within Morocco is also included. One new combination is proposed:Assuania melanoleuca(S\éguy, 1941),comb. nov.(Chloropidae).

}, issn = {1313-2970, 1313-2989}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.1094.62644}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1094.62644}, author = {Kettani, Kawtar and Ebejer, Martin J. and Ackland, David M. and B{\"a}chli, Gerhard and Barraclough, David and Bart{\'a}k, Miroslav and Carles-Tolr{\'a}, Miguel and {\v C}ern{\'y}, Milos and Cerretti, Pierfilippo and Chandler, Peter and Dakki, Mohamed and Daugeron, Christophe and De Jong, Herman and Dils, Josef and Disney, Henry and Droz, Boris and Evenhuis, Neal and Gatt, Paul and Graciolli, Gustavo and Grichanov, Igor Y. and Haenni, Jean-Paul and Hauser, Martin and Himmi, Oumnia and MacGowan, Iain and Mathieu, Bruno and Mouna, Mohamed and Munari, Lorenzo and Nartshuk, Emilia P. and Negrobov, Oleg P. and Oosterbroek, Pjotr and Pape, Thomas and Pont, Adrian C. and Popov, Grigory V. and Rognes, Knut and Skuhrav{\'a}, Marcela and Skuhrav{\'y}, Vaclav and Speight, Martin and Tomasovic, Guy and Trari, Bouchra and Tschorsnig, Hans-Peter and Vala, Jean-Claude and von Tschirnhaus, Michael and Wagner, R{\"u}diger and Whitmore, Daniel and Wo{\'z}nica, Andrzej J. and Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz and Zwick, Peter} } @article {23585, title = {Entomofaunal Succession Patterns on Burnt and Unburnt Rabbit Carrion}, journal = {Journal of Medical Entomology}, volume = {53}, year = {2016}, month = {2015/12/15}, pages = {296{\textendash}303}, abstract = {

The influence of burning on the decomposition of rabbit carcasses and on insect succession was investigated in three different habitats (agricultural, desert, and urban) in order to provide data for estimating the postmortem interval (PMI). Each site had six carcasses divided into two groups of three rabbits, with the carcasses in one group being partially burned, while the others were not burned. Carrion reached the dry stage within 5\ d in the desert and urban habitats and 13\ d in the agricultural habitat. The unburnt and burnt carcasses also decomposed at a similar rate in the three study habitats. Adult dipteran and coleopteran insects were collected daily. A total of 24 species and 2,381 specimens were collected; of these, 732 specimens from 21 species were taken from the partially burnt carcasses and 1,649 specimens from 21 species from the unburnt carcasses. There were significantly distinct insect communities between the agricultural habitat and the desert and urban habitats. There were also significant differences in the insect communities between the decay stage and other stages, with fresh and dry stages recording the lowest number of insects. There were some species which only presented themselves during the decay stage of decomposition, namely, Platypalpus sp., Desmometopa varipalpis Malloch, Atherigona orientalis (Schiner), Atherigona yorki Deeming, Musca sorbens Weidemann, and Onthophagus nitidulus Klug. In addition, there were significant distinctions in the insect communities between unburnt carcasses and burnt carcasses. The presence of these distinctions means that it is possible to estimate the PMI from partially burnt rabbit carcasses.

}, keywords = {burnt, decomposition, forensic entomology, insect succession}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjv202}, author = {Mashali, AMA} } @inbook {23553, title = {Order Diptera, families Milichiidae and Carnidae}, booktitle = {Arthropod fauna of the UAE}, volume = {6}, year = {2017}, pages = {621-635}, keywords = {Carnidae, key, Milichiidae, new species, photos, United Arab Emirates}, author = {Deeming, J. C.} } @article {23518, title = {Floral scent and pollinators of Ceropegia trap flowers}, journal = {Flora}, volume = {232}, year = {2017}, pages = {169{\textendash}182}, abstract = {

Ceropegia L. (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae) comprises more than 200 species, all characterized by complex pitfall flowers. The deceptive flowers are myiophilous and pollinated predominantly by small flies from different families. It has been suggested that floral scent cues, that mimic food sources or oviposition sites, play an important role for attraction of target fly pollinators, and, together with morphological flower traits, explain the high functional specialization in terms of pollination by specific taxa. However, apart from two Ceropegia species, the floral scent composition and the mimicry strategies in this genus are unexplored. We tested for associations between floral scent and insect visitor and pollinator assemblages of 14 Ceropegia species. We also used nrDNA and chloroplast DNA markers to calculate a Maximum Likelihood tree and test for phylogenetic signal in scent chemistry and flower visitors/pollinators. The observed pollinators belonged to eight fly families, at least 18 genera, and 33 morphospecies, but each Ceropegia species was typically associated with only one or two pollinating fly families or genera. We detected a total of 317 floral volatiles, including aliphatic and aromatic components, terpenes, and various unknowns. Both flower visitor and pollinator patterns did not show an overall association with floral
scent chemistry. There was phylogenetic signal in flower visiting fly families and fly pollinator assemblages, but not in flower visiting fly morphospecies and overall scent chemistry. We discuss that despite the not existing correlation between pollinator and scent patterns the highly specific pollination system in Ceropegia will be explained mainly by floral scent chemistry.

}, keywords = {Chemical mimicry, Deceptive strategy, Fly pollination, Pollen transfer efficiency, Scent specificity}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2017.02.001}, author = {A Heiduk and Irina Brake and Tschirnhaus, M. von and Haenni, J. P. and Miller, R. and Hash, J. and Prieto-Ben{\'\i}tez, S. and J{\"u}rgens, A. and Johnson, S. D. and Schulz, S. and Liede-Schumann, S. and Meve, U. and D{\"o}tterl, S.} } @article {23514, title = {A preliminary account of the fly fauna in Jabal Shada al-A{\textquoteright}la Nature Reserve, Saudi Arabia, with new records and biogeographical remarks (Diptera, Insecta)}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {636}, year = {2016}, month = {2016/11/24}, pages = {107-139}, abstract = {

The first list of insects of Al-Baha Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia\  (KSA) was published in 2013 and contained a total of 582 species; an\  addendum to this list was published in 2015 adding 142 species and bringing the total number recorded from the province to 724 insect species representing 17 orders. The previous two studies excluded Jabal Shada al-A\&$\#$39;la Nature Reserve (SANR), so the present study in SANR, as belonging to Al-Baha Province, are complementary to the previous two. The present study presents a preliminary list of Diptera (Insecta) in SANR, with remarks on their zoogeography, and is the first of a series of planned ecological and systematic studies on different insect orders as one of the outputs of a project proposed to study the entire insect fauna of SANR. A total number of 119 Diptera species belonging to 87 genera, 31 tribes, 42 subfamilies, and representing 30 families has been recorded from SANR in the present study. Some species have been identified only to the genus level and listed herein only because this is the first time to record their genera in KSA. Fourteen of the species are recorded for the first time for KSA, namely: Forcipomyia sahariensis Kieffer, 1923 (Ceratopogonidae); Chaetosciara sp. (Sciaridae); Neolophonotus sp. 1; Neolophonotus sp. 2; Promachus sinaiticus Efflatoun, 1934; Saropogon longicornis (Macquart, 1838); Saropogon sp. (Asilidae); Spogostylum tripunctatum (Pallas in Wiedemann, 1818) (Bombyliidae); Phycus sp. (Therevidae); Hemeromyia sp.; Meoneura palaestinensis Hennig, 1937 (Carnidae); Desmometopa inaurata Lamb, 1914 (Milichiidae); Stomoxys niger Macquart, 1851 (Muscidae); and Sarcophaga palestinensis (Lehrer, 1998) (Sarcophagidae). Zoogeographic affinities of recorded fly species suggest a closer affiliation to the Afrotropical region (46\%) than to the Palearctic region (23.5\%) or the Oriental region (2.5\%). This supports the previous studies\&$\#$39; conclusions and emphasizes the fact that parts of the Arabian Peninsula, including Al-Baha Province, ought to be a part of the Afrotropical Region rather than of the Palaearctic Region or the Eremic Zone.

}, doi = {doi: 10.3897/zookeys.636.9905}, author = {El-Hawagry, M. S. and Abdel-Dayem, M. S. and Elgharbawy, A. A. and Al Dha, H. M.} } @article {23237, title = {A preliminary study on the insect fauna of Al-Baha Province, Saudi Arabia, with descriptions of two new species}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {274}, year = {2013}, month = {2013/03/01}, pages = {1{\textendash}88}, abstract = {

A preliminary study was carried out on the insect fauna of Al-Baha Province, south-western part of Saudi Arabia. A total number of 582 species and subspecies (few identified only to the genus level) belonging to 129 families and representing 17 orders were recorded. Two of these species are described as new, namely: Monomorium sarawatensis Sharaf \& Aldawood, sp. n. [Formicidae, Hymenoptera] and Anthrax alruqibi El-Hawagry sp. n. [Bombyliidae, Diptera]. Another eight species are recorded for the first time in Saudi Arabia, namely: Xiphoceriana arabica (Uvarov, 1922) [Pamphagidae, Orthoptera], Pyrgomorpha conica (Olivier, 1791) [Pyrgomorphidae, Orthoptera], Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775) [Pieridae, Lepidoptera], Anthrax chionanthrax (Bezzi, 1926) [Bombyliidae, Diptera], Spogostylum near tripunctatum Pallas in Wiedemann, 1818 [Bombyliidae, Diptera],\  Cononedys dichromatopa (Bezzi, 1925) [Bombyliidae, Diptera], Mydas sp. [Mydidae, Diptera], and Hippobosca equina Linnaeus, 1758 [Hippoboscidae, Diptera]. Al-Baha Province is divided by huge and steep Rocky Mountains into two main sectors, a lowland coastal plain at the west, known as \“Tihama\”, and a mountainous area with an elevation of 1500 to 2450 m above sea level at the east, known as \“Al-Sarat or Al-Sarah\” which form a part of Al-Sarawat Mountains range. Insect species richness in the two sectors (Tihama and Al-Sarah) was compared, and the results showed that each of the two sectors of Al-Baha Province has a unique insect community. The study generally concluded that the insect faunal composition in Al-Baha Province has an Afrotropical flavor, with the Afrotropical elements predominant, and a closer affiliation to the Afrotropical region than to the Palearctic region or the Eremic zone. Consequently, we tend to agree with those biogeographers who consider that parts of the Arabian Peninsula, including Al-Baha Province, should be included in the Afrotropical region rather than in the Palaearctic region or the Eremic zone.

}, keywords = {Afrotropical, Arabian Peninsula, Eremic, Insect species, List, Palaearctic}, doi = {doi: 10.3897/zookeys.274.4529}, url = {www.zookeys.org}, author = {El-Hawagry, M. S. and Khalil, M. W. and Sharaf, M. R. and Fadl, H. H. and Aldawood, A. S.} } @article {23136, title = {Muutoksia Suomen ka ksisiipisfaunassa (Insecta: Diptera) [in Finnish] [Changes on the Finnish Diptera fauna]}, journal = {w-album}, volume = {16}, year = {2014}, pages = {3-19}, abstract = {

In this paper 69 species of Diptera are reported as new to the Finnish fauna and one of these, Botanophila miniatura (Huckett, 1965),\  is\  also\  new\  to\  the\  Palearctic.\  New\  information\  about\  the\  biology\  of Hydrotaea\  basdeni Collin,\  1939\  is\  given.\  Three\  species\  are removed from the Finnish fauna.

}, url = {http://org.utu.fi/harrastus/TEKS/w-album/w_album_16.pdf}, author = {Haarto, A and K Winqvist} } @article {23075, title = {Diptera Carnoidea of the Maltese Islands}, journal = {Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Malta}, volume = {5}, year = {2012}, pages = {73-76}, abstract = {

An account is given of the families in the Carnoidea (Diptera: Schizophora) that have not been recorded previously from Malta. These are Braulidae, one species, Canacidae, one species, Carnidae, two species and Milichiidae, seven species.

}, keywords = {Malta, Milichiidae}, author = {Ebejer, MJ} } @article {22946, title = {Deceptive Ceropegia dolichophylla fools its kleptoparasitic fly pollinators with exceptional floral scent}, journal = {Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution}, volume = {3}, year = {2015}, abstract = {

Ceropegia species (Apocynaceae) have deceptive pitfall flowers and exploit small flies as pollinators, supposedly by chemical mimicry. Only preliminary data on the composition of flower scents are available for a single species so far, and the mimicry system is not yet understood in any species. We collected data on basic pollination aspects of C. dolichophylla, analyzed floral scent by gas chromatography linked to mass spectrometry (GC/MS), identified electrophysiologically active scent components by gas chromatography coupled with electroantennographic detection (GC/EAD), and determined compounds responsible for pollinator attraction in bioassays. We found that flowers of C. dolichophylla are visited by small flies of several taxa. Only Milichiidae and Chloropidae carried pollinaria and are, thus, pollinators. The pollen transfer efficiency (PTE) at two different sites was 2\% and 4\%, respectively. The floral scent was dominated by spiroacetals, mainly (2S,6R,8S)-8-methyl-2-propyl-1,7-dioxaspiro[5.5]undecane, n-tridecane, and N-(3-methylbutyl)acetamide. This spiroacetal and the acetamide elicited the most intense electrophysiological responses in fly antennae, and bioassays confirmed the capability of the spiroacetal in eliciting behavioral responses in pollinators. Most flies, determined as pollinators of C. dolichophylla, are kleptoparasites. They exploit insect prey of predatory arthropods as food source to which they are attracted by volatiles. 8-Methyl-2-propyl-1,7-dioxaspiro[5.5]undecane and N-(3-methylbutyl)acetamide have not been identified before as volatiles of other plants, however, they are known as insect volatiles. Both compounds occur in the venom glands of paper wasps, a potential food source for the pollinators of C. dolichophylla. We propose that C. dolichophylla shows a kleptomyiophilous pollination strategy. It mimics insect related odors to exploit the food-seeking behavior of its kleptoparasitic pollinators.

}, issn = {2296-701X}, doi = {10.3389/fevo.2015.00066}, url = {http://www.frontiersin.org/chemical_ecology/10.3389/fevo.2015.00066/abstract}, author = {Heiduk, Annemarie and Kong, Hanghui and Irina Brake and von Tschirnhaus, Michael and Tolasch, Till and Tr{\"o}ger, Armin and Wittenberg, Elisabeth and Francke, Wittko and Meve, Ulrich and D{\"o}tterl, Stefan} } @article {22799, title = {Erster Nachtrag zur Checkliste der Diptera der Schweiz}, journal = {Mitteilungen der entomologischen Gesellschaft Basel}, volume = {51 (2001)}, year = {2002}, month = {2002/10/04}, pages = {110-140}, keywords = {Desmometopa varipalpis, Switzerland}, author = {Merz, B. and B{\"a}chli, G. and Haenni, J. P.} } @article {22783, title = {Checklist of the Diptera families Acartophthalmidae, Canacidae (including Tethinidae), Carnidae and Milichiidae of Finland (Insecta)}, journal = {Zookeys}, volume = {441}, year = {2014}, month = {2014/09/19}, pages = {305-309}, abstract = {

A checklist of 29 species in the smaller carnoid families Acartophthalmidae, Canacidae, Carnidae and
Milichiidae (Diptera) recorded from Finland is presented. Tethinidae are also included as a subfamily
of Canacidae. Phyllomyza tetragona Hendel is removed from the list as no reliable records of this species
within the post-1944 borders of Finland could be found.

}, keywords = {Checklist, Finland}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.441.7144}, author = {Kahanp{\"a}{\"a}, Jere} } @article {6773, title = {New records of some filth flies species (Diptera: Milichiidae) in Southwest Saudi Arabia}, journal = {Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences}, volume = {14}, year = {2007}, pages = {263-270}, abstract = {

A Malaise trap was used during different time periods between 2002 and 2006, in the Asir province of Saudi Arabia at different localities. Nine known species of Milichiidae (some of them of medical importance) have been identified. These are: Desmometopa m-nigrum (Zetterstedt, 1848); D. varipalpis Malloch 1927; D. singaporensis Kertesz 1899; Leptometopa rufifrons Becker 1903; L. latipes (Meigen 1830); L. nilssoni Sabrosky, 1987; Milichia pubescens Becker 1907; Milichiella lacteipennis (Loew 1866); Enigmilichia dimorphica Deeming, 1981, from South-Western Saudi Arabia, the last seven species of the above are recorded for the first time. Biological information and distribution of these species are included. The fauna of Milichiidae found in this study is much more of Afrotropical than Palaearctic origin.

}, author = {Dawah, H. A. and Abdullah, M. A.} } @article {6771, title = {A study of the cow pat Diptera on the Hortob{\'a}gy, Hungary}, journal = {Folia entomologica hungarica}, volume = {68}, year = {2007}, pages = {123-135}, chapter = {123}, keywords = {Carnidae, coprophagous, Desmometopa varipalpis, Hungary, Leptometopa latipes, Meoneura flavifacies, Meoneura freta, Milichiidae}, author = {Papp, L.} } @article {3913, title = {Notes on Australian Diptera. No. x}, journal = {Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales}, volume = {52}, year = {1927}, pages = {1-16}, type = {article}, keywords = {Australien, Desmometopa, Milichiidae, species description, varipalpis}, url = {http://milichiidae.info/sites/milichiidae.info/files/Malloch_1927.pdf}, author = {Malloch, J. R.} } @mastersthesis {4221, title = {The biology of immature Diptera associated with bacterial decay in the Giant Saguaro Cactus (Cereus giganteus, Engelmann)}, year = {1961}, pages = {57 pp + figs}, keywords = {biology, Cactus, Desmometopa saguaro, Desmometopa singaporensis, Desmometopa tarsalis, Desmometopa varipalpis, larva description, larvae, Milichiidae, Nearctis, puparium, puparium description, saprophagous}, url = {http://milichiidae.info/sites/milichiidae.info/files/Sant{\'a}na_1961.pdf}, author = {Sant{\'a}na, F. J.} } @article {4262, title = {The genus Desmometopa Loew (Diptera, Milichiidae) of Japan}, journal = {Medical entomology and zoology}, volume = {47}, year = {1996}, pages = {347-353}, type = {article}, keywords = {Asia, biology, Desmometopa, Desmometopa m-nigrum, images, Japan, key, localities, microps, Milichiidae, singaporensis, sordida, varipalpis}, url = {http://milichiidae.info/sites/milichiidae.info/files/Iwasa\%20M_1996.pdf}, author = {Iwasa, M.} } @article {4281, title = {Milichiidae and Carnidae (Diptera: Cyclorrhapha) from the Arabian Peninsula}, journal = {Fauna of Saudi Arabia}, volume = {17}, year = {1998}, pages = {147-157}, type = {article}, keywords = {Carnidae; Milichiidae [Germany / Central / Faunal characteristics, Desmometopa ciliata, Desmometopa inaurata, Desmometopa interfrontalis, Desmometopa m-nigrum, Desmometopa varipalpis, Leptometopa coquilletti, Leptometopa kaszabi, Leptometopa latipes, Leptometopa nilssoni, Leptometopa rufifrons, Meoneura baluchistani, Meoneura nitidiuscula, Milichia albomaculata, Milichia pubescens, Milichiella argentiventris, Milichiella lacteipennis, Milichiidae, Phyllomyza}, url = {http://milichiidae.info/sites/milichiidae.info/files/Deeming_1998_147_Cyclorrhapha.pdf}, author = {Deeming, J. C.} } @article {4162, title = {Milichiidae and Carnidae from Afghanistan}, journal = {Folia entomologica hungarica}, volume = {32}, year = {1979}, pages = {105-109}, type = {article}, keywords = {Afghanistan, Asia, Carnidae; Milichiidae [Germany / Central / Faunal characteristics, Desmometopa m-nigrum, Desmometopa microps, Desmometopa singaporensis, Desmometopa varipalpis, faunistics, Hemeromyia afghanica, Leptometopa latipes, Leptometopa niveipennis, Leptometopa rufifrons, Madiza glabra, Meoneura glaberrima, Meoneura hennigi, Meoneura prima, Meoneura subfreta, Milichiella lacteipennis, Milichiidae, species description}, url = {http://milichiidae.info/sites/milichiidae.info/files/Papp_1979_105.pdf}, author = {Papp, L.} } @article {4175, title = {A unique fly problem in an industrial bio-filter system}, journal = {Pest Control}, volume = {49(7)}, year = {1981}, pages = {14-16}, type = {article}, keywords = {biology, Desmometopa, Milichiidae, varipalpis}, author = {Williams, R. E. and Walker, C. L.} } @article {4187, title = {A Synopsis of the world species of Desmometopa Loew (Diptera, Milichiidae)}, journal = {Contributions of the American Entomological Institute}, volume = {19(8)}, year = {1983}, pages = {1-69}, type = {article}, keywords = {biology, Desmometopa, distribution, genus description, key, Milichiidae, species description}, url = {http://milichiidae.info/sites/milichiidae.info/files/Sabrosky_1983.pdf}, author = {Sabrosky, C. W.} }