Mydas Fabricius 1794 (mydas fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Mydidae

Alternative spelling: Midas

Full reference: J. C. Fabricius. 1794. Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta. Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species Adjectis Synonimis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus, Tomus IV 1-472

Parent taxon: Mydidae according to F. M. Carpenter 1992

See also Aldrich 1905, Fabricius 1794, Latreille 1796 and Latreille 1802

Sister taxa: Cretomydas, Paleomydas

Subtaxa: Mydas miocenicus

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Florissant, Station 14 (Eocene of Colorado)

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