Desmometopa

{{Short description|Genus of flies}} {{One source|date=March 2026}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Ischiolepta sp. 01.jpg | taxon = Desmometopa | display_parents = 3 | authority = Loew, 1866 }} '''''Desmometopa''''' is a genus of freeloader flies in the family Milichiidae. There are more than 50 described species in ''Desmometopa''.

==Species== These 53 species belong to the genus ''Desmometopa'': {{Div col|colwidth=29em}} *''Parectecephala aristalis'' (Coquillett, 1898) *''Parectecephala dissimilis'' (Malloch, 1914) *''Desmometopa aczeli'' Sabrosky, 1983 *''Desmometopa aldabrae'' Sabrosky, 1983 *''Desmometopa argentinica'' Sabrosky, 1983 *''Desmometopa atypica'' Sabrosky, 1983 *''Desmometopa blantoni'' Sabrosky, 1983 *''Desmometopa brachycephala'' Brake & Freidberg, 2003<ref name="u309">{{cite journal| title=Revision of Desmometopa Loew (Litometopa Sabrosky) (Diptera: Milichiidae), with descriptions of six new species |last1=Blake|first1=I|last2= Friedberg|first2 = A| journal = Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington| date=2016-10-23 | url=https://archive.org/details/biostor-55269/mode/2up | access-date=2026-03-03}}</ref> *''Desmometopa ciliata'' Hendel, 1919 *''Desmometopa discipalpis'' Papp, 1993 *''Desmometopa dolichocephala'' Brake & Freidberg, 2003<ref name="u309"/> *''Desmometopa evanescens'' Sabrosky, 1983 *''Desmometopa flavicornis'' Brake & Freidberg, 2003<ref name="u309"/> *''Desmometopa flavicoxa'' Hendel, 1932 *''Desmometopa flavipalpis'' Sabrosky, 1983 *''Desmometopa floridensis'' Sabrosky, 1983 *''Desmometopa glabrifrons'' (Sabrosky, 1965) *''Desmometopa glandulifera'' Brake & Freidberg, 2003<ref name="u309"/> *''Desmometopa glaucanota'' Sabrosky, 1983 *''Desmometopa gressitti'' Sabrosky, 1983 *''Desmometopa inaurata'' Lamb, 1914 *''Desmometopa indistincta'' Sabrosky, 1983 *''Desmometopa interfrontalis'' Sabrosky, 1965 *''Desmometopa kandyensis'' Sabrosky, 1983 *''Desmometopa latigena'' (Sabrosky, 1930) *''Desmometopa leptometopoides'' Sabrosky, 1983 *''Desmometopa lucidifrons'' Sabrosky, 1983 *''Desmometopa magnicornis'' Sabrosky, 1983 *''Desmometopa melanderi'' Sabrosky, 1983 *''Desmometopa meridionalis'' Sabrosky, 1983 *''Desmometopa microps'' Lamb, 1914 *''Desmometopa m-nigrum'' (Zetterstedt, 1848) *''Desmometopa nearctica'' Sabrosky, 1983 *''Desmometopa nigeriae'' Sabrosky, 1983 *''Desmometopa nigrifemorata'' Brake & Freidberg, 2003<ref name="u309"/> *''Desmometopa nigrohalteralis'' Sabrosky, 1983 *''Desmometopa nudigena'' Sabrosky, 1983 *''Desmometopa obscurifrons'' Sabrosky, 1983 *''Desmometopa palpalia'' (Wahlberg, 1848) *''Desmometopa parafacialis'' Sabrosky, 1983 *''Desmometopa philippinensis'' Sabrosky, 1983 *''Desmometopa pleuralis'' Sabrosky, 1983 *''Desmometopa postorbitalis'' Sabrosky, 1983 *''Desmometopa propeciliata'' Sabrosky, 1983 *''Desmometopa sabroskyi'' Brake & Freidberg, 2003<ref name="u309"/> *''Desmometopa saguaro'' Sabrosky, 1983 *''Desmometopa singaporensis'' Kertész, 1899 *''Desmometopa sordida'' (Fallén, 1820) *''Desmometopa srilankae'' Sabrosky, 1983 *''Desmometopa stilbopleura'' Sabrosky, 1983 *''Desmometopa tarsalis'' Loew, 1866 *''Desmometopa terminalis'' Sabrosky, 1983 *''Desmometopa tristicula'' Hendel, 1914 *''Desmometopa varipalpis'' Malloch, 1927 *''Desmometopa woldai'' Sabrosky, 1983 {{Div col end}}

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{{Taxonbar|from=Q14717063}} Category:Carnoidea genera Category:Taxa named by Hermann Loew Category:Milichiidae

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