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The American genera of Mydidae (Diptera) with the description of three new genera and two new species
By Wilcox, J., Papavero, N.
Arquivos Zoologica (São Paulo, Brazil), Vol. 21 (2):41–119, 1971
Cite: 1360540 with citation markup [cite:1360540]
      Full Text   (from the Arquivos de Zoologia web site of the University of São Paulo)

Contains an excellent review of general info for New World Mydidae on biogeography, life history and ecology, and morphology (including terminology...illustrated by numerous figures)...as well as a key to the New World genera and detailed diagnoses thereof.