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Welcome to the fascinating world of small flies!

Read a short introduction about the family Milichiidae (Diptera, Schizophora) or visit the species pages with information about and pictures of common, beautiful and/or important species.

Further information on this homepage:

• introduction: a summary of information about the family
• biology: a summary of the behavior of Milichiidae
• history: a historical review of research on Milichiidae
• phylogeny: relationships within the family and with other families
• catalog: all Milichiidae names worldwide as contained by the BioSystematic Database of World Diptera
• literature: a list of all the literature in which Milichiidae are cited
• key to genera: an identification tool for genera
• genera and species pages: separate pages for each genus and many species
• acknowledgements

Please send comments about this homepage to Irina Brake.

New additions to this website:

• New species pages: Leptometopa coquilletti, Leptometopa lacteipennis, Milichiella freyi, Neophyllomyza leanderi, Pholeomyia argyrophenga, Pholeomyia longifacies, Pholeomyia schineri and Phyllomyza epitacta with photos of types in the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Austria (May 2006)
• Photos of syntype of Phyllomyza equitans (May 2006)

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