Messiasia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Mydidae |
Subfamily: | Mydinae |
Tribe: | Messiasiini |
Genus: | Messiasia Andretta, 1951 [1] |
Type species | |
Messiasia carrerai Andretta, 1951 [1] |
Messiasia 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.
Nemomydas is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae.
Mapinguari is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae.
Rhopalia is a genus of 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.
Opomydas limbatus is a species of mydas flies.
Heteromydas is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae.
Pseudonomoneura tinkhami is a species of mydas flies.
Messiasia pertenuis is a species of mydas flies in the family Mydidae.
Pseudonomoneura californica is a species of mydas flies.
Gauromydas is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae.
Midacritus is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae.
Apiophorinae is a subfamily of mydas flies in the family Mydidae.
Mitrodetus is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae.
Syllegomydas is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae.
Arenomydas is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae.
Pseudorhopalia is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae.
Messiasia carrerai is a species of mydas flies in the family Mydidae.
Rhaphiomidas maehleri is a species of mydas flies.
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