Family Mydidae Latreille 1806 (mydas fly)
Alternative spelling: Mydaidae
Parent taxon: Asiloidea according to S. Shin et al. 2018
See also Aldrich 1905, Carpenter 1992 and Wiegmann et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Apsilocephalidae, Asilidae, Evocoidae, Kuhwahldyia, Kumaromyia, Myanmyia, Protapioceridae, Scenopinidae, Therevidae, Mythicomyiidae
Subtaxa: Cretomydas Mydas Paleomydas
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (1: Colorado collection)
• Paleocene of France (1)
• Cretaceous of Brazil (2), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence