| Milichiidae | |
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| Adult of a Paramyia species | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Section: | Schizophora |
| Subsection: | Acalyptratae |
| Superfamily: | Carnoidea |
| Family: | Milichiidae Schiner, 1862 |
| Subfamilies | |
Milichiidae are a family of flies. Most species are very small and dark. Details of their biology have not yet been properly studied, but they are best known as kleptoparasites of predatory invertebrates, and accordingly are commonly known as freeloader flies or jackal flies.[1] However, because of the conditions under which many species breed out, they also are known as filth flies.[2]
- ^ Penney, David (2009). Field Guide to Wildlife of The Gambia. Siri Scientific Press. ISBN 978-0-9558636-1-5.
- ^ Dawah, H.A.; Abdullah, M.A. (2007). "New records of some filth flies species (Diptera: Milichiidae) in southwest Saudi Arabia". Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 14 (2): 263–270. ISSN 1319-562X.