# Desmometopa

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

==Species==
These 53 species belong to the genus ''Desmometopa'':
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*''[Parectecephala aristalis](/source/Parectecephala_aristalis)'' <small>([Coquillett](/source/Daniel_William_Coquillett), 1898)</small>
*''[Parectecephala dissimilis](/source/Parectecephala_dissimilis)'' <small>([Malloch](/source/John_Russell_Malloch), 1914)</small>
*''[Desmometopa aczeli](/source/Desmometopa_aczeli)'' <small>[Sabrosky](/source/Curtis_Williams_Sabrosky), 1983</small>
*''[Desmometopa aldabrae](/source/Desmometopa_aldabrae)'' <small>[Sabrosky](/source/Curtis_Williams_Sabrosky), 1983</small>
*''[Desmometopa argentinica](/source/Desmometopa_argentinica)'' <small>[Sabrosky](/source/Curtis_Williams_Sabrosky), 1983</small>
*''[Desmometopa atypica](/source/Desmometopa_atypica)'' <small>[Sabrosky](/source/Curtis_Williams_Sabrosky), 1983</small>
*''[Desmometopa blantoni](/source/Desmometopa_blantoni)'' <small>[Sabrosky](/source/Curtis_Williams_Sabrosky), 1983</small>
*''[Desmometopa brachycephala](/source/Desmometopa_brachycephala)'' <small>Brake & Freidberg, 2003</small><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](/source/Desmometopa_ciliata)'' <small>[Hendel](/source/Friedrich_Georg_Hendel), 1919</small>
*''[Desmometopa discipalpis](/source/Desmometopa_discipalpis)'' <small>Papp, 1993</small>
*''[Desmometopa dolichocephala](/source/Desmometopa_dolichocephala)'' <small>Brake & Freidberg, 2003</small><ref name="u309"/>
*''[Desmometopa evanescens](/source/Desmometopa_evanescens)'' <small>[Sabrosky](/source/Curtis_Williams_Sabrosky), 1983</small>
*''[Desmometopa flavicornis](/source/Desmometopa_flavicornis)'' <small>Brake & Freidberg, 2003</small><ref name="u309"/>
*''[Desmometopa flavicoxa](/source/Desmometopa_flavicoxa)'' <small>[Hendel](/source/Friedrich_Georg_Hendel), 1932</small>
*''[Desmometopa flavipalpis](/source/Desmometopa_flavipalpis)'' <small>[Sabrosky](/source/Curtis_Williams_Sabrosky), 1983</small>
*''[Desmometopa floridensis](/source/Desmometopa_floridensis)'' <small>[Sabrosky](/source/Curtis_Williams_Sabrosky), 1983</small>
*''[Desmometopa glabrifrons](/source/Desmometopa_glabrifrons)'' <small>([Sabrosky](/source/Curtis_Williams_Sabrosky), 1965)</small>
*''[Desmometopa glandulifera](/source/Desmometopa_glandulifera)'' <small>Brake & Freidberg, 2003</small><ref name="u309"/>
*''[Desmometopa glaucanota](/source/Desmometopa_glaucanota)'' <small>[Sabrosky](/source/Curtis_Williams_Sabrosky), 1983</small>
*''[Desmometopa gressitti](/source/Desmometopa_gressitti)'' <small>[Sabrosky](/source/Curtis_Williams_Sabrosky), 1983</small>
*''[Desmometopa inaurata](/source/Desmometopa_inaurata)'' <small>Lamb, 1914</small>
*''[Desmometopa indistincta](/source/Desmometopa_indistincta)'' <small>[Sabrosky](/source/Curtis_Williams_Sabrosky), 1983</small>
*''[Desmometopa interfrontalis](/source/Desmometopa_interfrontalis)'' <small>[Sabrosky](/source/Curtis_Williams_Sabrosky), 1965</small>
*''[Desmometopa kandyensis](/source/Desmometopa_kandyensis)'' <small>[Sabrosky](/source/Curtis_Williams_Sabrosky), 1983</small>
*''[Desmometopa latigena](/source/Desmometopa_latigena)'' <small>([Sabrosky](/source/Curtis_Williams_Sabrosky), 1930)</small>
*''[Desmometopa leptometopoides](/source/Desmometopa_leptometopoides)'' <small>[Sabrosky](/source/Curtis_Williams_Sabrosky), 1983</small>
*''[Desmometopa lucidifrons](/source/Desmometopa_lucidifrons)'' <small>[Sabrosky](/source/Curtis_Williams_Sabrosky), 1983</small>
*''[Desmometopa magnicornis](/source/Desmometopa_magnicornis)'' <small>[Sabrosky](/source/Curtis_Williams_Sabrosky), 1983</small>
*''[Desmometopa melanderi](/source/Desmometopa_melanderi)'' <small>[Sabrosky](/source/Curtis_Williams_Sabrosky), 1983</small>
*''[Desmometopa meridionalis](/source/Desmometopa_meridionalis)'' <small>[Sabrosky](/source/Curtis_Williams_Sabrosky), 1983</small>
*''[Desmometopa microps](/source/Desmometopa_microps)'' <small>Lamb, 1914</small>
*''[Desmometopa m-nigrum](/source/Desmometopa_m-nigrum)'' <small>([Zetterstedt](/source/Johan_Wilhelm_Zetterstedt), 1848)</small>
*''[Desmometopa nearctica](/source/Desmometopa_nearctica)'' <small>[Sabrosky](/source/Curtis_Williams_Sabrosky), 1983</small>
*''[Desmometopa nigeriae](/source/Desmometopa_nigeriae)'' <small>[Sabrosky](/source/Curtis_Williams_Sabrosky), 1983</small>
*''[Desmometopa nigrifemorata](/source/Desmometopa_nigrifemorata)'' <small>Brake & Freidberg, 2003</small><ref name="u309"/>
*''[Desmometopa nigrohalteralis](/source/Desmometopa_nigrohalteralis)'' <small>[Sabrosky](/source/Curtis_Williams_Sabrosky), 1983</small>
*''[Desmometopa nudigena](/source/Desmometopa_nudigena)'' <small>[Sabrosky](/source/Curtis_Williams_Sabrosky), 1983</small>
*''[Desmometopa obscurifrons](/source/Desmometopa_obscurifrons)'' <small>[Sabrosky](/source/Curtis_Williams_Sabrosky), 1983</small>
*''[Desmometopa palpalia](/source/Desmometopa_palpalia)'' <small>([Wahlberg](/source/Peter_Fredrik_Wahlberg), 1848)</small>
*''[Desmometopa parafacialis](/source/Desmometopa_parafacialis)'' <small>[Sabrosky](/source/Curtis_Williams_Sabrosky), 1983</small>
*''[Desmometopa philippinensis](/source/Desmometopa_philippinensis)'' <small>[Sabrosky](/source/Curtis_Williams_Sabrosky), 1983</small>
*''[Desmometopa pleuralis](/source/Desmometopa_pleuralis)'' <small>[Sabrosky](/source/Curtis_Williams_Sabrosky), 1983</small>
*''[Desmometopa postorbitalis](/source/Desmometopa_postorbitalis)'' <small>[Sabrosky](/source/Curtis_Williams_Sabrosky), 1983</small>
*''[Desmometopa propeciliata](/source/Desmometopa_propeciliata)'' <small>[Sabrosky](/source/Curtis_Williams_Sabrosky), 1983</small>
*''[Desmometopa sabroskyi](/source/Desmometopa_sabroskyi)'' <small>Brake & Freidberg, 2003</small><ref name="u309"/>
*''[Desmometopa saguaro](/source/Desmometopa_saguaro)'' <small>[Sabrosky](/source/Curtis_Williams_Sabrosky), 1983</small>
*''[Desmometopa singaporensis](/source/Desmometopa_singaporensis)'' <small>[Kertész](/source/K%C3%A1lm%C3%A1n_Kert%C3%A9sz), 1899</small>
*''[Desmometopa sordida](/source/Desmometopa_sordida)'' <small>([Fallén](/source/Carl_Fredrik_Fall%C3%A9n), 1820)</small>
*''[Desmometopa srilankae](/source/Desmometopa_srilankae)'' <small>[Sabrosky](/source/Curtis_Williams_Sabrosky), 1983</small>
*''[Desmometopa stilbopleura](/source/Desmometopa_stilbopleura)'' <small>[Sabrosky](/source/Curtis_Williams_Sabrosky), 1983</small>
*''[Desmometopa tarsalis](/source/Desmometopa_tarsalis)'' <small>[Loew](/source/Hermann_Loew), 1866</small>
*''[Desmometopa terminalis](/source/Desmometopa_terminalis)'' <small>[Sabrosky](/source/Curtis_Williams_Sabrosky), 1983</small>
*''[Desmometopa tristicula](/source/Desmometopa_tristicula)'' <small>[Hendel](/source/Friedrich_Georg_Hendel), 1914</small>
*''[Desmometopa varipalpis](/source/Desmometopa_varipalpis)'' <small>[Malloch](/source/John_Russell_Malloch), 1927</small>
*''[Desmometopa woldai](/source/Desmometopa_woldai)'' <small>[Sabrosky](/source/Curtis_Williams_Sabrosky), 1983</small>
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==References==
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Category:Carnoidea genera
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Category:Milichiidae

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