Family Mydidae Latreille 1806 (mydas fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Mydidae

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

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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

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