Species Mydas maculiventris

Classification · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Print References · Works Cited

Mydas Fly - Mydas maculiventris - female

Mydas maculiventris incisus - Mydas maculiventris - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Orthorrhapha" (Brachycera excluding Aschiza and Schizophora))

Superfamily Asiloidea

Family Mydidae (Mydas Flies)

Genus Mydas

Species maculiventris (Mydas maculiventris)

Size

Circa 20 mm

Identification

It is a very good mimic of a Polistes, looking similar to what is likely Polistes metricus, such as:

Range

Southeastern United States? Reported from North Carolina, Florida.

Season

Reported June-July in coastal plain of North Carolina (1).

Print References

Brimley, p. 335, reports from coastal plain of North Carolina (1).

Deyrup, Florida's Fabulous Insects, p. 134--photo, apparently of this species (2)

Works Cited

1.	Insects of North Carolina By C.S. Brimley

2.	Florida's Fabulous Insects By Mark Deyrup, Brian Kenney, Thomas C. Emmel

Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 28 March, 2005 - 10:52pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 4 July, 2006 - 1:19am

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