Vibrissa well above lower margin of eye; head in profile rounded ventrally, distinctly higher than long. Vertical diameter of eye usually at least 1.5x the horizontal diameter. Frons in male narrower than in female. Wing with subcostal notch usually evident, sometimes strongly so, with basal sector of C ending in an acute lappet; R4+5 and M1 sometimes converging at tips; distal margin of anal cell meeting anal vein in sharp angle. Abdominal tergites of male often with silvery microtomentum.
Classification: Milichiinae
| Year of Publication | Authors | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1903 | Hendel, F | Kritische Bemerkungen zur Systematik der Muscidae acalypteratae. I. Über die Sectio Milichiinae |
| 1907 | Becker, T | Die Dipteren-Gruppe Milichiinae |
| 1920 | Villeneuve, J | _Vichyia acyglossa_, espèce et genre nouveaux de la famille des Milichiinae (Dipt. Muscidae) |
| 2009 | Wild, AL, Brake I | Field observations on Milichia patrizii ant-mugging flies (Diptera: Milichiidae: Milichiinae) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
This key has been adapted from Brake (2000).
1. Vibrissa below or at the level of lower margin of eye; head in profile subquadrate; vertical diameter of eye less than 1.5x the horizontal diameter. Frons in male as wide as in female. Wing with subcostal notch seldom evident, never well-developed; R4+5 and M1 not or only slightly converging at tips; distal margin of anal cell (CuA2) usually rounded (if not, then epistoma extended dorsally, subtriangular). Abdominal tergites of male without silvery microtomentum.
Classification: Aldrichiomyza; Borneomyia; Costalima; Desmometopa; Desmometopa; Enigmilichia; Eusiphona; Leptometopa; Litometopa; Madiza; Madizinae; Microsimus; Milichia; Milichia distinctipennis; Milichia speciosa; Milichiella; Milichiidae; Milichiinae; Neophyllomyza; Paramyia; Pholeomyia; Phyllomyza; Phyllomyzinae; Stomosis; Ulia; Xenophyllomyza
Summarized from Brake (2000)
The Milichiidae are a monophyletic family (Click here for phylogenetic tree).
Apomorphic characters for the Milichiidae are:
Classification: Acartophthalmidae; Aldrichiomyza; Australimyzidae; Borneomyia; Carnidae; Chloropidae; Costalima; Desmometopa; Desmometopa; Enigmilichia; Eusiphona; Leptometopa; Leptometopa niveipennis; Litometopa; Madiza; Madizinae; Microsimus; Milichia; Milichia distinctipennis; Milichia speciosa; Milichiella; Milichiella freyi; Milichiella nigeriae nigeriae; Milichiella populi; Milichiella sp. B; Milichiella sp. K; Milichiella tosi; Milichiidae; Milichiinae; Neophyllomyza; Paramyia; Paramyioides; Pholeomyia; Pholeomyia nigricosta; Phyllomyza; Phyllomyzinae; Platophrymia; Stomosis; Tethinidae; Ulia; Xenophyllomyza