''Mapinguari'' is a genus of
flies
Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwin ...
in the family
Mydidae
The Mydidae (sometimes misspelled as "Mydaidae"), or Mydas flies, are a cosmopolitan family of flies. It is a small family, with about 471 species described. They are generally large in size, including the largest known fly, '' Gauromydas heros'' ...
.
Species
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Mapinguari polita''
( Wiedemann, 1828)
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Mapinguari uai''
Calhau, Lamas & Nihei, 2016
References
Mydidae
Brachycera genera
Diptera of South America
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