Mydidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asiloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Brachycera Infraordo: Asilomorpha Superfamilia: Asiloidea

Familia: Mydidae
Subfamiliae: Anomalomydinae – Apiophorinae – Cacatuopyginae – Diochlistinae – Ectyphinae – Leptomydinae – Megascelinae – Mydinae – Rhaphiomidinae – Rhopaliinae – Syllegomydinae

Overview of genera (58)

Afroleptomydas – Afromydas – Agaperemius – Anomalomydas – Apiophora – Arenomydas – Cephalocera – Cephalocerodes – Ceriomydas – Charimydas – Diochlistus – Dolichogaster – Ectyphus – Eremohaplomydas – Eremomidas – Eumydas – Halterorchis – Haplomydas – Hessemydas – Heteroleptomydas – Heteromydas – Hispanomydas – Lachnocorynus – Leptomydas – Mahafalymydas – Megascelus – Messiasia – Midacritus – Miltinus – Mimadelphus – Mitrodetus – Mydas – Mydaselpis – Namadytes – Namibimydas – Nemomydas – Neolaparopsis – Neorhaphiomidas – Nomoneura – Nomoneuroides – Nothomydas – Notosyllegomydas – Opomydas – Oreomydas – Paramydas – Parectyphus – Perissocerus – Phyllomydas – Plyomydas – Pseudonomoneura – Rhaphiomidas – Rhopalia – Rhopaliana – Stratiomydas – Syllegomydas – Tongamya – Utinga – Vespiodes – †Paleomydas

Name

Mydidae Latreille, 1809

type genus: Mydas Fabricius, 1794

Synonyms

Mydasii Latreille, 1809:240, 293 (as family)
Mydasidae Samouelle, 1819:294 (various spelling, emendation of Mydasii Latreille)
Mydaidae Osten Sacken, 1874:174 (various spelling; not Mydainae Gray, 1825: Mephitidae)
Mydidae Bezzi, 1903:99 (various spelling; first used current family name)

References

Additional references

Calhau, J. & Lamas, C.J.E. 2016. FAMILY MYDIDAE. In Wolff, M.I., Nihei, S.S. & Carvalho, C.J.B. de (eds.), Catalogue of Diptera of Colombia. Zootaxa 4122(1): 382–386. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.32. Reference page.
Dikow, T. 2010. New species and new records of Mydidae from the Afrotropical and Oriental regions (Insecta, Diptera, Asiloidea). ZooKeys, 64: 33–75. ISSN: 1313-2970 (online) ISSN: 1313-2989 (print) DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.64.464
Hesse, A.J. 1972. New Mydaidae (Diptera) from the Namib Desert and South-western Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 60: 109–171. BHL Reference page.
Latreille, P.A. 1809. Genera crustaceorum et insectorum secundum ordinem naturalem in familias disposita, iconibus exemplisque plurimis explicata. Tomus quartus et ultimus. Parisiis: A. Koenig, 399 pp. BHL Reference page.
Nel, A. & Wedmann, S. 2024. The first mydid fly (Diptera: Mydidae) from the Paleocene maar of Menat (France). Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 104: 849–857. DOI: 10.1007/s12549-024-00613-6 . Reference page.
Papavero, N. & Wilcox, J. 1974: Studies of Mydidae (Diptera) systematics and evolution. I. A preliminary classification in subfamilies with the description of two new genera from the Oriental and Australian regions. Arquivos de Zoologia, São Paulo 25, 1–60.
Papavero, N. 2009. Catalogue of Neotropical Diptera. Mydidae. Neotropical Diptera 14: 1–31. PDF. Reference page.
Richter, V.A. 1997. Family Mydidae. Papp, L. & Darvas, B. (Eds.), In Contributions to a manual of Palaearctic Diptera. Volume 2. Science Herald, Budapest.
Dikow, T. 2010. Order Diptera, family Mydidae. Arthropod fauna of the UAE, 3: 608–615. [not seen]