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Mydinae is a subfamily of mydas flies 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'' ...
. There are about 12 genera and more than 120 described species in Mydinae.


Genera

These 12 genera belong to the subfamily Mydinae: * '' Baliomydas'' Wilcox, Papavero and Pimentel, 1989 * '' Ceriomydas'' Wilcox, Papavero and Pimentel, 1989 * '' Chrysomydas'' Wilcox, Papavero and Pimentel, 1989 * '' Dolichogaster'' Wilcox, Papavero and Pimentel, 1989 * ''
Gauromydas ''Gauromydas'' is a genus of giant flies belonging to the family Mydidae that are found in the Neotropics. Species Species within this genus include: *'' Gauromydas apicalis'' (Wiedemann, 1830) *'' Gauromydas autuorii'' (Andretta, 1951) *'' ...
'' Wilcox, Papavero and Pimentel, 1989 * ''
Mapinguari Mpinguari or Mpinguary, (also called the ''Juma'') are monsterous jungle-dwelling spirits from Brazilian folklore. Description There are two major depictions of it. Some described them as a hairy humanoid cyclops. This version is often said to ...
'' Wilcox, Papavero and Pimentel, 1989 * ''
Messiasia ''Messiasia'' is a genus of flies 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 ...
'' d'Andretta, 1951 * ''
Mydas ''Mydas'' is a genus of large flies in the family Mydidae. Species * ''Mydas annularis'' Gerstaecker, 1868 * ''Mydas argyrostomus'' Gerstaecker, 1868 * '' Mydas arizonensis'' Wilcox et al., 1989 * '' Mydas atratus'' Macquart, 1838 * '' Mydas au ...
'' Fabricius, 1794 * ''
Phyllomydas ''Phyllomydas'' is a genus of mydas flies (insects in the family Mydidae). There are about seven described species in ''Phyllomydas''. Species These seven species belong to the genus ''Phyllomydas'': * '' Phyllomydas bruesii'' Johnson, 1926 * '' ...
'' Bigot, 1880 * '' Protomydas'' Wilcox, Papavero and Pimentel, 1989 * '' Stratiomydas'' Wilcox & Pimentel, 1989 * '' Utinga'' Wilcox, Papavero and Pimentel, 1989


References


Further reading

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External links

* Mydidae Brachycera subfamilies {{Asiloidea-stub