Subfamily Mydinae

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BG2791 C9283 - Mydas chrysostomus - male

Mydid pepsis mimic - Mydas xanthopterus - female

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

Numbers

29 spp. in 4 genera of 3 tribes in our area, >80 spp. in 12 genera of 4 tribes total (one monotypic tribe in S.America)(1)

Range

New World group (Canada to Argentina); in our area, more diverse in the south, with just one sp. (the common Mydas clavatus) reaching Canada in the east(1)

Print References

(2)

Works Cited

1.	Dikow T. (2001–) Asiloid Flies web-site

2.	Studies of Mydidae (Diptera). IVb. Mydas and allies in the Americas (Mydinae, Mydini) Joseph Wilcox, Nelson Papavero, Therezinha Pimentel. 1989. Museu Paraense "Emilo Goeldi", Coleção Emilie Snethlage, Belém, Brazil.

Contributed by v belov on 19 December, 2011 - 9:20am
Additional contributions by Aaron Schusteff
Last updated 26 August, 2021 - 9:02pm

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