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Milichiella lacteipennis (Loew, 1866)

mosca, fly

Specimens were observed swarming beneath trees and Opuntia. This species has been collected on goat, dairy cattle and pig dung and manure piles (Brake 2009).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Milichiidae

Genus
Milichiella

Species
lacteipennis

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 1985

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduction Pathway: Contaminant

Subpathway: On habitat material (soil, vegetation)

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: North and South, southern Europe to Japan, south to Africa and Australia; Pacific islands (Brake 2009); Floreana, Isabela, Marchena, Pinta, Santa Cruz, Seymour, Wolf.

References

  • Sinclair, B. J. (2023) An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador). Zootaxa, 5283, 1-102
  • Sinclair, B.J. Peck, S.B. (2005) An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador). Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.

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