Classification: Phyllomyza securicornis
Specimens can be collected on meadows and on tree foliage. They are attracted to defensive secretion of bugs (Aldrich 1970). P. securicornis has been reared from the nest of Formica rufa ants (Seguy 1935).
Phenology: May-July
In Greece specimens were collected in June in Malaise traps; 60 m.</p><p>In the Netherlands specimens were collected May-July in beer, window and Malaise traps.
On the German bird islands Mellum and Memmert specimens were collected June-August with the peak in June-July in white and yellow pan traps.
4 dc; gena height about 0.3x eye height; male basoflagellomere dark, microtomentum as long as on arista; halter yellow.
Europe, Russia, British Columbia to Quebec, s. to North Carolina.
Classification: Phyllomyza securicornis

Classification: Phyllomyza; Phyllomyza securicornis
The Milichiidae fauna of the Netherlands is quite well known due to early collectors like De Meijere and currently activ collectors like Jan Willem van Zuijlen. In the checklist for the Netherlands (Beuk 2002) nine valid species are listed and two nomina dubia . The only recent paper on the milichiid fauna of the Netherlands is by Beuk & Brake (1996).
The Milichiidae fauna of Greece is virtually unknown, with only Desmometopa m-nigrum, Leptometopa rufifrons and Milichia pubescens (Brake 2000) recorded. However, thanks to the efforts of Gordon Ramel, who maintained several Malaise as well as other traps near Lake Kerkini in northern Greece, close to the border to Bulgaria, this has now changed. Sadly the first parcel with specimens sent to me was lost, so that the absence of data for some traps and times as well as the low numbers in some traps are not necessarily reflecting the original collection.
Classification: Desmometopa discipalpis; Desmometopa microps; Desmometopa sordida; Enigmilichia; Leptometopa latipes; Leptometopa niveipennis; Leptometopa rufifrons; Madiza; Madiza glabra; Milichia ludens; Milichia speciosa; Milichiella argyrogaster; Milichiella iberica; Milichiella lacteipennis; Neophyllomyza acyglossa; Paramyia hungarica; Phyllomyza flavitarsis Meigen; Phyllomyza longipalpis; Phyllomyza securicornis; Phyllomyza sp. Sultanitsa
Classification: Desmometopa sordida; Madiza glabra; Milichia speciosa; Phyllomyza securicornis; Milichiidae
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