Protomydas

Protomydas
Protomydas coerulescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Mydidae
Subfamily:	Mydinae
Tribe:	Mydini
Genus:	Protomydas Papavero & Pimentel, 1989 [1]
Type species
Mydas coerulescens Olivier, 1811 [2]

Protomydas is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae. ^{[1] [3]}

Species

• Protomydas coerulescens (Olivier, 1811) ^[2]
• Protomydas dives (Westwood, 1841) ^[4]
• Protomydas leucops (Wiedemann, 1831) ^[5]

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. Olivier, G.A. (1811). Insectes [(i.e., Arthropoda) Pt. 5]. Vol. 8, (=livr. 75) [1811.04.30]; pp. 361–722 (=livr. 77), [1811.10.23]. In Encyclopedie methodique. Histoire naturelle. . Paris. pp. 1–360.
3. 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.
4. Westwood, J.O. (1841). "Synopsis of the dipterous family Midasidae". Arcana entomologica or illustrations of new, rare, and interesting insects. 1: 49–56. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
5. Wiedemann, C.R.W. (1831). "Monographia generis Midarum". Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum. 15 (2): 19–56, pls. 52-54. Retrieved 3 June 2023.