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Taxonomy
Mydidae was named by Latreille (1806). It is extant.
It was assigned to Diptera by Aldrich (1905); to Brachycera by Carpenter (1992); and to Asiloidea by Wiegmann et al. (2011), Shin et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Diptera by Aldrich (1905); to Brachycera by Carpenter (1992); and to Asiloidea by Wiegmann et al. (2011), Shin et al. (2018).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1806 | Mydidae Latreille p. 293 |
| 1905 | Mydaidae Aldrich p. 250 |
| 1992 | Mydidae Carpenter |
| 2011 | Mydidae Wiegmann et al. |
| 2018 | Mydidae Shin et al. |
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Fm. Mydidae Latreille 1806 [mydas fly]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Chadronian or 119.57000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.2 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.2 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Aptian | Russian Federation (Buryatia) | Apioceridae indet. (118216) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Brazil (Ceará) | Cretomydas santanensis (122557 215116) | |
| Selandian | France (Auvergne) | Paleomydas menatensis (123463) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Mydas miocenicus (106381) |