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Mydas

Insecta - Diptera - Mydidae

Taxonomy
Mydas was named by Fabricius (1794). It is extant.

It was assigned to Antliata by Fabricius (1794); to Diptera by Latreille (1796); to Stratiomydae by Latreille (1802); to Mydaidae by Aldrich (1905); and to Mydidae by Carpenter (1992).

Species
M. miocenicus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1794Mydas Fabricius p. 252
1796Midas Latreille p. 166
1802Mydas Latreille p. 447
1905Mydas Aldrich p. 250
1992Mydas Carpenter

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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
genusMydas

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.

G. Mydas Fabricius 1794
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†Mydas miocenicus Cockerell 1913
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available