Mydinae

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

Mydas ventralis

Mydinae
Mydas clavatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Mydidae
Subfamily: Mydinae

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Genera

These 12 genera belong to the subfamily Mydinae:[1]

  • 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 Wilcox, Papavero and Pimentel, 1989
  • Mapinguari Wilcox, Papavero and Pimentel, 1989
  • Messiasia d'Andretta, 1951
  • Mydas Fabricius, 1794
  • Phyllomydas Bigot, 1880
  • Protomydas Wilcox, Papavero and Pimentel, 1989
  • Stratiomydas Wilcox & Pimentel, 1989
  • Utinga Wilcox, Papavero and Pimentel, 1989

References
  1. Dikow, Torsten (2019). "Asiloid Flies, deciphering their diversity and evolutionary history". National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
  2. "Mydinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-06-02.

Further reading
  • McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1981). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.
  • Media related to Mydinae at Wikimedia Commons
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