Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Milichiidae? Any comments on proposed family?

Posted by jonrichfield on 05-08-2015 07:13
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Good Grief Tony; that one took the wind out of my sails!
My first reaction was "y'gotta be kidding!".
So I checked out a lot of Milichiidae pictures and .... well...
I see your point!
As you can guess, my taxonomic acquaintance with the family is tenuous, to put it politely; I hardly have seen any of them except in the field on the prey of spiders or mantids, and those that I have seen are the cuddly housefly shape, not this rangy little thing.
Anyway, I think you are right and on that assumption, thank you for broadening my insight!
I shall alter my thread heading accordingly.
Cheers,
Jon