Desmometopa Loew, 1866

González, Christian R., Mello, Ramon Luciano, Elgueta, Mario & Amorim, Dalton De Souza, 2025, A catalog of the Milichiidae of Chile (Diptera: Carnoidea), Zootaxa 5723 (1), pp. 127-137 : 129

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scientific name	Desmometopa Loew, 1866
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Genus Desmometopa Loew, 1866 View in CoL

Desmometopa Loew, 1866: 184 View in CoL . Type-species: Agromyza m-atrum Meigen, 1830: 170 (des. Hendel, 1903: 251) = Madiza sordida Fallén, 1820 View in CoL (syn. by Becker, 1907a).

Platophrymyia Williston, 1896: 426 . Type-species: Platophrymyia nigra Williston, 1896 View in CoL (mon.) = Desmometopa tarsalis Loew, 1866 View in CoL (syn. by Sabrosky, 1973).

Desmetopa Hendel, 1902: 262–264 View in CoL . (misspelling).

Liodesma Duda, 1935a: 25 View in CoL (as subgenus of Desmometopa View in CoL ). Type-species: Liodesma atra Duda 1935a View in CoL (orig. des.) = Desmometopa sordida ( Fallén, 1820) View in CoL . (syn. by Sabrosky, 1973).

Liodesmometopa Duda, 1935a: 24 View in CoL (invalid; first published as synonym of Liodesma Duda View in CoL ). Litometopa Sabrosky, 1965: 4 View in CoL . Type species: Litometopa glabrifrons Sabrosky, 1965: 4 View in CoL (orig. des.) (syn. Brake & Freidberg, 2003).

References. Becker, 1907a: 1 (com.), 2–5 (redes.); Malloch, 1913: 130 (key); Malloch, 1934: 462 (key), 464 (com.); Sabrosky, 1965: 731 (cat.); Sabrosky, 1973: 2 (cat.); Sabrosky, 1983 (rev., species), 13–14 (redes.), 14–21 (key); Sabrosky, 1987: 905 (key); Brake, 2000 (rev.): 90 (key), 96 (cat.); Brake & Freidberg, 2003: 266–274 (com., morph., phyl.); Swann, 2010: 1131 (key).