Mahafalymydas | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Mydidae |
Subfamily: | Syllegomydinae |
Genus: | Mahafalymydas Carr & Irwin, 2005 [1] |
Type species | |
Mahafalymydas wiegmanni Kondratieff, Carr & Irwin, 2005 [1] |
Mahafalymydas is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae. [2] [3]
The Mydidae, or Mydas flies, are a cosmopolitan family of flies. It is a small family, with about 471 species described. They are generally large in size, including the largest known fly, Gauromydas heros. Many of the species, in addition to their large size, are mimics of stinging hymenopterans, especially wasps. Most mydids are found in arid and semiarid regions of the world, but they are also found in other habitats.
Opomydas is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae.
Nemomydas is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae.
Mapinguari is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae.
Belemiana is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae.
Leptomydinae is a subfamily of mydas flies in the family Mydidae.
Mydas is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae.
Pseudonomoneura is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae.
Ceriomydas is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae.
Plyomydas is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae.
Hessemydas is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae.
Eumydas is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae.
Mitrodetus is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae.
Syllegomydini is a tribe of flies in the family Mydidae.
Syllegomydinae is a subfamily of mydas flies in the family Mydidae.
Rhopaliinae is a subfamily of mydas flies in the family Mydidae.
Anomalomydas is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae.
Tongamya is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae.
Pseudorhopalia is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae.
Rhaphiomidas maehleri is a species of mydas flies.