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Diptera Classification
Milichiidae
Nomenclature
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Unranked: AcalyptrataeSuperfamily: Carnoidea
Family:
Milichiidae
Usage:
valid
Vernacular names:
Vernacular name:
freeloader flies
SUMMARY
Small flies, 1-5 mm long, usually black, often dull or subshining. Usually with 2 or 3 orbital setae, 2 medioclinate frontal setae, proclinate setula between supra-antennal seta and eye margin, pair of setulae on lunule, and four pseudotracheae; male terminalia with postgonites lost