Maryland Biodiversity Project

Desmometopa sp. Desmometopa sp. Loew, 1866

Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Class Insecta > Order Diptera > Family Milichiidae > Genus Desmometopa Desmometopa sp. - Desmometopa sp. - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/15993

Note "M" on forehead in this family.

"Females are kleptoparasitic and are especially attracted to predatory insects or spiders feeding on honeybees." (John F. Carr/BugGuide)

There are 2 records in the project database.

Desmometopa species in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/15/2021). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Freeloader Fly in the genus Desmometopa in Prince George's Co., Maryland (10/18/2014). Photo by Jesse Christopherson. (MBP list)

Desmometopa species in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/15/2021). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

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