Mapinguari | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Mydidae |
Subfamily: | Mydinae |
Tribe: | Mydini |
Genus: | Mapinguari Wilcox, 1974 [1] |
Type species | |
Midas politus |
Mapinguari is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae. [3] [4]
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.
Belemiana is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae.
Leptomydinae is a subfamily of mydas flies in the family Mydidae.
Mydinae is a subfamily of mydas flies in the family Mydidae.
Mydas is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae.
Mydas tibialis, the golden legged mydas fly, is a species of mydas flies in the family Mydidae
Messiasia is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae.
Gauromydas is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae.
Mydini is a tribe 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.
Dolichogaster is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae.
Eumydas is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae.
Arenomydas is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae.
Cacatuopyga is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae.
Cacatuopyginae is a subfamily of mydas flies in the family Mydidae.
Anomalomydas is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae.
Chrysomydas is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae.
Pseudorhopalia is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae.