Ectyphinae

Ectyphinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Mydidae
Subfamily:	Ectyphinae

Ectyphinae is a subfamily of mydas flies in the family Mydidae. There are at least four genera in Ectyphinae. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Genera

These genera belong to the subfamily Ectyphinae: ^[5]

• Ectyphus Gerstaecker, 1868 (South Africa)
• Heteromydas Hardy, 1945 (Mexico and the United States)
• Opomydas Curran, 1934 (Mexico and the United States)
• Parectyphus Hesse, 1972 (Namibia)

References

1. Wilcox, J.; Papavero, N.; Pimentel, T. (1989). Studies of Mydidae (Diptera). IVb. Mydas and allies in the Americas (Mydinae, Mydini). Belém: Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi. pp. 139 pp.
2. Artigas, Jorge N.; Papavero, Nelson (1990). "Studies on Mydidae Diptera v. Phylogenetic and biogeographic notes key to the American genera and illustrations of spermathecae". Gayana Zoología . 54: 87–116. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
3. "Ectyphinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
4. "Ectyphinae subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
5. Dikow, Torsten (2019). "Asiloid Flies, deciphering their diversity and evolutionary history". National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2019-06-02.

Further reading

• Dikow, Torsten (2018). "Asiloid Flies, deciphering their diversity and evolutionary history". National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on 2015-09-28. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
• 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.