Mydas

Mydas is a genus of mydas flies in the family Mydidae. There are at least 60 described species in Mydas.[1][2][3][4]

Mydas ventralis

Mydas
Mydas clavatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Mydidae
Subfamily:	Mydinae
Genus:	Mydas Fabricius, 1794

Species

These 68 species belong to the genus Mydas:

• Mydas annularis Gerstaecker, 1868 ^{i c g}
• Mydas annulata (Brunetti, 1912) ^{c g}
• Mydas apicalis (Wiedemann, 1831) ^{c g}
• Mydas argyrostomus Gerstaeker, 1868 ^{c g}
• Mydas arizonensis Wilcox, et Al., 1989 ^{i c g b}
• Mydas atratus Macquart, 1838 ^{c g b}
• Mydas audax Osten Sacken, 1874 ^{i c g}
• Mydas auriculosus Seguy, 1934 ^{c g}
• Mydas autuorii Andretta, 1951 ^{c g}
• Mydas basifascia Walker, 1859 ^{c g}
• Mydas belus (Seguy, 1928) ^{i c g}
• Mydas bitaeniatus Bellardi, 1861 ^{c g}
• Mydas boonei Curran, 1953 ^{i c g}
• Mydas brederi Curran, 1951 ^{c g}
• Mydas brunneus Johnson, 1926 ^{i c g}
• Mydas bucciferus (Seguy, 1928) ^{c g}
• Mydas carbonifer Osten Sacken, 1874 ^{i c g}
• Mydas carmichaeli Brunetti, 1913 ^{c g}
• Mydas chrysites (Osten Sacken, 1886) ⁱ
• Mydas chrysostomus ^b
• Mydas cingulatus Williston, 1898 ^{c g}
• Mydas claripennis Williston, 1898 ^{c g}
• Mydas clavatus (Drury, 1773) ^{i c g b} (clubbed mydas fly)
• Mydas cleptes Osten Sacken, 1886 ^{i c g}
• Mydas coerulescens Olivier, 1811 ^{c g}
• Mydas crassipes (Westwood, 1841) ^{i c g}
• Mydas davidsoni Wilcox, et Al., 1989 ^{i c g}
• Mydas eupolis Seguy, 1928 ^{c g}
• Mydas evansi Welch and Kondratieff, 1990 ^{i c g}
• Mydas evansorum Welch, 1991 ^{c g}
• Mydas fisheri Wilcox, et Al., 1989 ^{i c g}
• Mydas floridensis Wilcox, et Al., 1989 ^{i c g}
• Mydas fruhstorferi Wulp, 1896 ^{c g}
• Mydas fulvifrons (Illiger, 1801) ^{i c g}
• Mydas giganteus (Wiedermann, 1824) ^g
• Mydas gracilis Macquart, 1834 ^{c g}
• Mydas gruenbergi (Hermann, 1914) ^{c g}
• Mydas hardyi Wilcox, Papavero & Pimentel, 1989 ^{c g}
• Mydas incipiens (Walker, 1848) ^{c g}
• Mydas interruptus Wiedemann, 1830 ^{i c g}
• Mydas jaliscos Wilcox, et Al., 1989 ^{i c g}
• Mydas lavatus Gerstaecker, 1868 ^{c g}
• Mydas lividus Curran, 1953 ^{c g}
• Mydas luteipennis (Loew, 1866) ^{i c g b}
• Mydas maculiventris (Westwood, 1835) ^{i c g b}
• Mydas militaris Gerstacker, 1868 ^{i c g}
• Mydas militarsis Gerstaecker, 1868 ^{c g}
• Mydas mystaceus (Wiedemann, 1831) ^{c g}
• Mydas nitida (Lichtenstein, 1796) ^{c g}
• Mydas nitidulus Olivier, 1811 ^{c g}
• Mydas oaxacensis Wilcox, Papavero & Pimentel, 1989 ^{c g}
• Mydas quadrilineatus Williston, 1898 ^{c g}
• Mydas rubidapex (Wiedemann, 1831) ^{c g}
• Mydas ruficornis Wiedemann, 1824 ^{c g}
• Mydas rufiventris Macquart, 1850 ^{c g}
• Mydas sarpedon Seguy, 1928 ^{c g}
• Mydas sculleni Wilcox, Papavero & Pimentel, 1989 ^{c g}
• Mydas senilis Westwood, 1841 ⁱ
• Mydas simplex (Loew, 1866) ^{c g}
• Mydas subinterruptus Bellardi, 1861 ^{i c g}
• Mydas testaceiventris Macquart, 1850 ^{c g}
• Mydas texanus Wilcox, et Al., 1989 ^{i c g}
• Mydas tibialis (Wiedemann, 1831) ^{i c g b} (golden legged mydas fly)
• Mydas tricinctus Bellardi, 1861 ^{i c g}
• Mydas tricolor (Wiedemann, 1831) ^{c g}
• Mydas ventralis (Gerstacker, 1868) ^{i c g b}
• Mydas weemsi Wilcox, et Al., 1989 ^{i c g}
• Mydas xanthopterus (Loew, 1866) ^{i c g b}

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

1. "Mydas Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
2. "Browse Mydas". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
3. "Mydas". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
4. "Mydas Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-24.

Further reading

• Preston-Mafham, Rod; Preston-Mafham, Ken (1993). The Encyclopedia of Land Invertebrate Behaviour. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0262161374.
• McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1981). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.

External links

• Media related to Mydas at Wikimedia Commons