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.

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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
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Mydidae
Brachycera subfamilies
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