Genus Mydas

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Print References · Works Cited

Big Black Bug ;-) What Am I - Mydas tibialis

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

Explanation of Names

Author of genus is Fabricius, 1794.

Numbers

Nearctica.com lists 21 species.

Print References

Brimley, p. 335, lists for North Carolina: [i]Mydas clavatus[i], [i]Mydas fulvifrons[i], [i]Mydas maculiventris[i] (1).

Works Cited

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

Contributed by Cotinis on 16 March, 2004 - 2:49pm
Last updated 4 July, 2006 - 1:21am

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