Mydidae family group taxa

Mydidae Family-Group taxa

List of the 19 family-group taxa currently used for Mydidae.

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Anomalomydinae Papavero & Wilcox 1974
type genus: Anomalomydas Papavero & Wilcox, 1974
current subfamily taxon: Anomalomydinae
region: Australasia
Apiophorinae Papavero & Wilcox 1974
type genus: Apiophora Philippi, 1865
current subfamily taxon: Apiophorinae
region: Neotropical
Cacatuopyginae Papavero & Wilcox 1974
type genus: Cacatuopyga Papavero & Wilcox, 1974
current subfamily taxon: Cacatuopyginae
region: Oriental
Cephalocerini Hesse 1969
type genus: Cephalocera Latreille, 1829
current subfamily taxon: Syllegomydinae
region: Afrotropical
Diochlistinae Bequaert 1963
type genus: Diochlistus Gerstaecker, 1868
current subfamily taxon: Diochlistinae
region: Australasia
Dolichogastrini Papavero & Wilcox 1974
type genus: Dolichogaster Macquart, 1848
current subfamily taxon: Mydinae
region: Neotropical
notes: The spelling is corrected for the author's original use of the name Dolichogasterini (Sabrosky 1999: 116; stem Dolichogastr-).
Ectyphinae Wilcox & Papavero 1971
type genus: Ectyphus Gerstaecker, 1868
current subfamily taxon: Ectyphinae
region: Afrotropical, Nearctic
Halterorchini Hesse 1972
type genus: Halterorchis Bezzi, 1924
current subfamily taxon: Syllegomydinae
region: Afrotropical
Leptomydinae Papavero & Wilcox 1974
type genus: Leptomydas Gerstaecker, 1868
current subfamily taxon: Leptomydinae
region: Afrotropical, Neotropical, Palaearctic
Megascelinae Cazier 1941
type genus: Megascelus Philippi, 1865
current subfamily taxon: Megascelinae
region: Afrotropical, Australasia, Neotropical
Messiasiini Papavero & Wilcox 1974
type genus: Messiasia Andretta, 1951
current subfamily taxon: Mydinae
region: Nearctic, Neotropical
Mydaselpidini Hesse 1969
type genus: Mydaselpis Bezzi, 1924
current subfamily taxon: Syllegomydinae
region: Afrotropical
notes: The spelling is corrected for Hesse's original use of the name Mydaselpini (Sabrosky 1999: 206, stem Mydaselpid-).
Mydinae Latreille 1809
type genus: Mydas Fabricius, 1794
current subfamily taxon: Mydinae
region: Nearctic, Neotropical
notes: Original as Mydasii Latreille 1809. Latreille (1809: 241, 244) apparently stated in the footnotes Midasii and not Mydasii. Osten-Sacken (1895: 345-350) discussed Mydas vs. Midas and adopted Mydas, which was the original spelling. Mydaidae and Mydasidae are often found in the older literature. Bezzi (1903) was the first author who stated the now accepted name Mydidae.
Phyllomydini Papavero & Wilcox 1974
type genus: Phyllomydas Bigot, 1880
current subfamily taxon: Mydinae
region: Nearctic
Protomydina Wilcox, Papavero & Pimentel 1989
type genus: Protomydas Wilcox, Papavero & Pimentel, 1989
current subfamily taxon: Mydinae
region: Neotropical
Rhaphiomidinae Hendel 1936
type genus: Rhaphiomidas Osten-Sacken, 1877
current subfamily taxon: Rhaphiomidinae
region: Nearctic
notes: Williston's (1893: 102) usage was without any name attached to it 'the group, whether it be a family or subfamily'.
Rhopaliinae Papavero & Wilcox 1974
type genus: Rhopalia Macquart, 1838
current subfamily taxon: Rhopaliinae
region: Afrotropical (Ethiopia, Yemen), Neotropical (Brazil), Palaearctic
Stratiomydina Wilcox, Papavero & Pimentel 1989
type genus: Stratiomydas Wilcox, Papavero & Pimentel, 1989
current subfamily taxon: Mydinae
region: Nearctic
Syllegomydinae Bequaert 1963
type genus: Syllegomydas Becker, 1906
current subfamily taxon: Syllegomydinae
region: Afrotropical, Palaearctic
notes: The spelling was corrected by Papavero & Wilcox (1968) for Bequaert's original use of the name Syllegomydainae (stem Syllegomyd-).