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Freeloader flies (Diptera: Milichiidae)

Edited by Irina Brake on Wed, 2011-12-14 15:38

Mantid with prey and milichiid flies, photo

loew 1950

Edited by Irina Brake on Tue, 2011-12-13 12:38

http://milichiidae.info/sites/milichiidae.info/files/Loew 2.pdf

Irina Brake - CV

Edited by Irina Brake on Mon, 2011-12-05 09:05

Research Interests

Biology and phylogeny of the Milichiidae and Carnidae (Diptera, Schizophora) and phylogeny of the superfamily Carnoidea.

Introduction to Milichiidae

Edited by Irina Brake on Fri, 2011-11-04 15:31

The Milichiidae (Diptera, Schizophora) are small, mostly black acalyptrate flies. The family contains about 347 extant and 10 fossil species in 18 genera and is worldwide in distribution. In Europe about 35 species occur. Navigate the classification to find taxon pages for all genera and species!

Biology of Milichiidae

Edited by Irina Brake on Fri, 2011-10-28 13:14

The biology of the Milichiidae is rather diverse. Larvae are generally saprophagous and live in decaying plants, but several are coprophagous or even necrophagous.

Milichiella lacteipennis - Distribution

Edited by Irina Brake on Wed, 2011-09-14 12:39

Markers denote occurence on country level. Blue markers denote verified specimens, red markers literature citations.

Taxa associated with Milichiidae

Edited by Irina Brake on Mon, 2011-05-30 08:27

Milichiidae are associated with other animal or plant taxa in various ways. They pollinate plants and develop in decaying plants or in the faeces of certain animals. They are associated with other arthropods like ants and are kleptoparasitic on various predaceous insects and spiders.

To check out taxa that are associated with Milichiidae in any way navigate the 'Associated Taxa' tree on the left side. You can also search the citations for associated taxa.

The Milichiidae from 'De Kaaistoep', The Netherlands

Edited by Irina Brake on Thu, 2011-04-21 14:26

Introduction

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).

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Edited by Irina Brake on Tue, 2011-02-08 10:15



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