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; postocellar setae cruciate or so strongly converging that the tips nearly meet. Frons in male as wide as in female. Basisternum small, without precoxal bridge. 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). First tarsomere of hind leg often with a posteroventral comb of setae. Abdominal tergites of male without silvery microtomentum.
Classification: Phyllomyzinae
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