Milichiella madagascarensis
Differs from congeners in the combination of brown microtomentose ocellar triangle and mesonotum, black halter, completely brown microtomentose male T2-5, posterior eye margin with wide notch.
Male coloration and vestiture: frons subshiny black, ocellar triangle brown microtomentose and orbital plates with shiny lateral margin next to eye, lunule ?, basoflagellomere brown, face greyish microtomentose, palpus black; thorax with mesonotum brown microtomentose, scutellum same, pleura grey microtomentose except for shiny spots on anepisternum and most of katepisternum, wing hyaline, veins light brown, brown spot at tip of vein R1 very weak, calypter hyaline, halter black, legs black except for mid basitarsus; abdomen with T2-5 brown microtomentose.
Morphology. Head: frons with 2 orbital and 2 frontal setae, anterior frontal seta medioclinate. In males frons ?x as wide at posterior margin than at base of antenna, arista about 3.3x as long as basoflagellomere wide, pubescence on arista very short, posterior eye margin with notch (6oc) and emargination (2oc).
Thorax: 2 dc, 1 prsc, 1 pprn, 1 prs, 3 keps setae, posterior prsc about as long as posterior dc, seta between posterior prsc and posterior dc present. Wing with vein R4+5 and M1 converging, and ultimate section of vein M1 2.9x as long as penultimate section. Fore femur normal setulose, tibial organ absent.
Male abdomen: posteromedial triangular projection of T1 into T2 present. Tergal chaetotaxy: T2 anterolateral corner with more than 3 lines of setae, T2-5 setulose. S5 about as long as wide, 1.3x as long and 1.4-1.8x as wide as S4, setae long with one very long seta in posterolateral corner. Male genitalia with apical seta on cercus longer than epandrial setae, 1 seta on subepandrial plate, surstylus 1.1x as long as epandrium high, bent posteriorly, dilated apically (1.4x), 5.4x as long as wide, structure of lateral surface smooth, medial surface without setulae.
. Body length: ? mm; wing length: >2.1 mm.