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Species Mydas tibialis

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Superfamily Asiloidea
Family Mydidae (Mydas Flies)
Subfamily Mydinae
Genus Mydas
Species tibialis (Mydas tibialis)
Explanation of Names
Mydas tibialis Wiedemann 1831
Identification
Black body, smoky wings, brown legs.
Range
Includes eastern North America?
Internet References
Reported as visiting flowers of Rattlesnake Master in Illinois.