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Mydidae (mydas fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Mydidae

Taxonomy
Mydidae was named by Latreille (1806). It is extant.

It was assigned to Diptera by Aldrich (1905); to Brachycera by Carpenter (1992); and to Asiloidea by Wiegmann et al. (2011), Shin et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1806Mydidae Latreille p. 293
1905Mydaidae Aldrich p. 250
1992Mydidae Carpenter
2011Mydidae Wiegmann et al.
2018Mydidae Shin et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
Heterodactyla
superfamilyAsiloidea
familyMydidaeLatreille 1806
familyMydidaeLatreille 1806

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Mydidae Latreille 1806 [mydas fly]
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G. †Cretomydas Wilkommen 2007
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Cretomydas santanensis Wilkommen 2007
G. Mydas Fabricius 1794
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Mydas miocenicus Cockerell 1913
G. †Paleomydas Nel and Wedmann 2024
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Paleomydas menatensis Nel and Wedmann 2024
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available