Mydidae genera catalogue

List of 68 valid genera (including two subgenera) and 6 invalid genera of Mydidae. Last updated 25 March 2010

For images of representatives of the genera see the image gallery.

*Afroleptomydas* Bequaert, 1961 val subfamily: Syllegomydinae tribe: Syllegomydini type species: Afroleptomydas mauricei Bequaert, 1961 by monotypy # species: 65 Distribution: Afrotropical: Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe	*Afromydas* Bequaert, 1961 val subfamily: Syllegomydinae tribe: Mydaselpidini type species: Afromydas guichardi Bequaert, 1961 by original designation # species: 1 Distribution: Afrotropical: Somalia
*Agaperemius* Hesse, 1969 val subfamily: Syllegomydinae tribe: Syllegomydini type species: Agaperemius hirtus Hesse, 1969 by original designation # species: 1 Distribution: Afrotropical: South Africa	*Anomalomydas* Papavero and Wilcox, 1974 val subfamily: Anomalomydinae type species: Miltinus mackerrasi Norris, 1938 by original designation # species: 2 Distribution: Australasia: Australia
*Apiophora* Philippi, 1865 val subfamily: Apiophorinae type species: Apiophora paulseni Philippi, 1865 by original designation # species: 3 Distribution: Neotropical: Chile	*Apomidas* Coquillett, 1892 syn syn genus: Rhaphiomidas subfamily: Rhaphiomidinae type species: Apomidas trochilus Coquillett, 1892 by monotypy # species: 0 Distribution: Nearctic: United States
*Arenomydas* Hesse, 1969 val subfamily: Syllegomydinae tribe: Syllegomydini type species: Mydas callosus Wiedemann, 1828 by original designation # species: 9 Distribution: Afrotropical: South Africa	*Baliomydas* Wilcox, Papavero and Pimentel 1989 val subfamily: Mydinae tribe: Mydini subtribe: Stratiomydina type species: Mydas gracilis Macquart, 1834 by original designation # species: 4 Distribution: Neotropical: Bahamas, Cuba
*Cacatuopyga* Papavero and Wilcox, 1974 val subfamily: Cacatuopyginae type species: Mydas fruhstorferi Wulp, 1896 by original designation # species: 5 Distribution: Oriental: India, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam	*Cephalocera* Latreille, 1829 val subfamily: Syllegomydinae tribe: Cephalocerini type species: Mydas longirostris Wiedemann, 1829 by subsequent monotypy (Macquart 1834: 273) # species: 28 Distribution: Afrotropical: Namibia, South Africa
*Cephalocerodes* Hesse, 1969 val subfamily: Syllegomydinae tribe: Cephalocerini type species: Cephalocera oldroydi Bequaert, 1963 by original designation # species: 3 Distribution: Afrotropical: Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe	*Ceriomydas* Williston, 1898 val subfamily: Mydinae type species: Ceriomydas fraudulentus Williston, 1898 by monotypy # species: 4 Distribution: Neotropical: Brazil, Dominican Republic
*Charimydas* Bowden, 1984 val subfamily: Cacatuopyginae type species: Charimydas decoratus Bowden, 1984 by monotypy # species: 1 Distribution: Oriental: India	*Chrysomydas* Wilcox, Papavero and Pimentel 1989 val subfamily: Mydinae tribe: Mydini subtribe: Stratiomydina type species: Mydas nitidulus Olivier, 1811 by monotypy # species: 1 Distribution: Neotropical: Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana
*Cretomydas* Willkommen, 2007 val subfamily: not assigned type species: Cretomydas santanensis Willkommen, 2007 by monotypy # species: 1 Distribution: Neotropical: Brazil	*Crossoprosopus - subgenus of Afroleptomydas* Hesse, 1969 val subfamily: Syllegomydinae type species: Afroleptomydas mauricei Bequaert, 1963 by original designation # species: 23 Distribution: Afrotropical: Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe
*Diochlistus* Gerstaecker, 1868 val subfamily: Diochlistinae type species: Diochlistus mitis Gerstaecker, 1868 by monotypy # species: 12 Distribution: Australasia: Australia	*Dolichogaster* Macquart, 1848 val subfamily: Mydinae type species: Mydas brevicornis Wiedemann, 1821 by monotypy # species: 1 Distribution: Neotropical: Brazil, Paraguay
*Ectyphus* Gerstaecker, 1868 val subfamily: Ectyphinae type species: Ectyphus pinguis Gersteacker, 1868 by monotypy # species: 7 Distribution: Afrotropical: South Africa	*Eremohaplomydas* Bequaert, 1959 val subfamily: Syllegomydinae tribe: Syllegomydini type species: Eremohaplomydas desertorum Bequaert, 1959 by original designation # species: 1 Distribution: Afrotropical: Namibia
*Eremomidas* Semenov, 1896 val subfamily: Leptomydinae type species: Eremomidas emir Semenov, 1896 by original designation # species: 5 Distribution: Afrotropical, Palaearctic: Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan	*Eumydas* Wilcox and Papavero, 1971 val subfamily: Apiophorinae type species: Eumydas corupas Wilcox and Papavero, 1971 by original designation # species: 1 Distribution: Neotropical: Brazil
*Gauromydas* Wilcox, Papavero and Pimentel 1989 val subfamily: Mydinae tribe: Mydini subtribe: Stratiomydina type species: Mydas heros Perty, 1833 by original designation # species: 4 Distribution: Neotropical: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname, Uruguay	*Halterorchis* Bezzi, 1924 val subfamily: Syllegomydinae tribe: Halterorchini type species: Halterorchis inermis Bezzi, 1924 by original designation # species: 2 Distribution: Afrotropical: South Africa
*Haplomydas* Bezzi, 1924 val subfamily: Syllegomydinae tribe: Syllegomydini type species: Halpomydas crassipes Bezzi, 1924 by original designation # species: 1 Distribution: Afrotropical: Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe	*Harmophana* Thomson, 1869 syn syn genus: Diochlistus subfamily: Diochlistinae type species: Mydas clavata Macquart, 1850 by designation by Hardy (1942: 201) # species: 0 Distribution: Australasia: Australia
*Heleomydas* Seguy, 1929 syn syn genus: Haplomydas subfamily: Syllegomydinae type species: Heleomydas lesnei Seguy, 1929 by monotypy # species: 0 Distribution: Afrotropical: Mozambique	*Hessemydas* Kondratieff, Carr and Irwin, 2005 val subfamily: Leptomydinae type species: Hessemydas parkeri Kondratieff, Carr and Irwin, 2005 by original designation # species: 3 Distribution: Afrotropical: Madagascar
*Heteroleptomydas* Bequaert, 1963 val subfamily: Syllegomydinae tribe: Syllegomydini type species: Heteroleptomydas conopsoides Bequaert, 1963 by original designation # species: 1 Distribution: Afrotropical: South Africa	*Heteromydas* Hardy, 1944 val subfamily: Ectyphinae type species: Heteromydas bicolor Hardy, 1944 by original designation # species: 1 Distribution: Nearctic: Mexico, United States
*Hispanomydas* Arias, 1914 val subfamily: Syllegomydinae type species: Hispanomydas hispanicus Arias, 1914 by original designation # species: 1 Distribution: Palaearctic: Spain	*Lachnocorynus* Hesse, 1969 val subfamily: Syllegomydinae tribe: Syllegomydini type species: Lachnocorynus chobeensis Hesse, 1969 by original designation # species: 2 Distribution: Afrotropical: Botswana, Namibia
*Lampromydas* Seguy, 1928 syn syn genus: Mydas subfamily: Mydinae type species: Lampromydas belus Seguy, 1928 by monotypy # species: 0 Distribution: Nearctic: Mexico	*Leptomydas* Gerstaecker, 1868 val subfamily: Leptomydinae type species: Mydas lusitanicus (Wiedemann in Meigen, 1820) by designation by Coquillet (1910: 560) # species: 12 Distribution: Afrotropical, Palaearctic: Sudan, Egypt, France (Corsica), Iran, Israel, Italy (Sardinia, Sicily), Kyrgyzstan, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
*Mahafalymydas* Kondratieff, Carr and Irwin, 2005 val subfamily: Syllegomydinae type species: Mahafalymydas wiegmanni Kondratieff, Carr and Irwin, 2005 by original designation # species: 2 Distribution: Afrotropical: Madagascar	*Mapinguari* Papavero and Wilcox, 1974 val subfamily: Mydinae tribe: Mydini type species: Mydas politus Wiedemann, 1828 by original designation # species: 1 Distribution: Neotropical: Brazil, Suriname
*Megascelus* Philippi, 1865 val subfamily: Megascelinae type species: Megascelus nigricornis Philippi, 1865 by monotypy # species: 5 Distribution: Neotropical: Chile	*Messiasia* Andretta, 1951 val subfamily: Mydinae tribe: Mydini type species: Messiasia carrerai Andretta, 1951 by original designation # species: 18 Distribution: Nearctic, Neotropical: Mexico, United States, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay
*Midacritus* Seguy, 1938 val subfamily: Apiophorinae type species: Midacritus stuardoanus Seguy, 1938 by original designation # species: 3 Distribution: Neotropical: Chile	*Miltinus* Gerstaecker, 1868 val subfamily: Apiophorinae type species: Miltinus cardinalis Gerstaecker, 1868 by designated by Hardy (1925: 142) # species: 21 Distribution: Australasia: Australia
*Mimadelphus* Hesse, 1972 val subfamily: Syllegomydinae tribe: Halterorchini type species: Mimadelphus vellosus Hesse, 1972 by original designation # species: 1 Distribution: Afrotropical: Namibia	*Mitrodetus* Gerstaecker, 1868 val subfamily: Diochlistinae type species: Cephalocera dentitarsis Macquart, 1850 by original designation # species: 8 Distribution: Neotropical: Argentina, Chile
*Mydas* Fabricius, 1794 val subfamily: Mydinae tribe: Mydini type species: Musca clavata Drury, 1773 by designation by Latreille (1810: 443) # species: 32 Distribution: Nearctic: Canada, Mexico, United States	*Mydaselpis* Bezzi, 1924 val subfamily: Syllegomydinae tribe: Mydaselpidini type species: Mydaselpis peringueyi Bezzi, 1924 by original designation # species: 5 Distribution: Afrotropical: Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
*Namadytes* Hesse, 1969 val subfamily: Syllegomydinae tribe: Syllegomydini type species: Namadytes vansoni Hesse, 1969 by original designation # species: 5 Distribution: Afrotropical: Namibia, South Africa	*Namamydas* Hesse, 1969 syn syn genus: Namadytes subfamily: Syllegomydinae type species: Namamydas maculiventris Hesse, 1969 by original designation # species: 0 Distribution: Afrotropical: South Africa
*Namibimydas* Hesse, 1972 val subfamily: Syllegomydinae tribe: Halterorchini type species: Namibimydas gaerdesi Hesse, 1972 by original designation # species: 2 Distribution: Afrotropical: Namibia, South Africa	*Nemomydas* Curran, 1934 val subfamily: Leptomydinae type species: Leptomydas pantherinus Gerstaecker, 1868 by original designation # species: 20 Distribution: Nearctic, Neotropical: Canada, Mexico, United States, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico
*Neolaparopsis* Hesse, 1969 val subfamily: Syllegomydinae tribe: Syllegomydini type species: Neolaparopsis puncturatus Hesse, 1969 by original designation # species: 1 Distribution: Afrotropical: South Africa	*Neorhaphiomidas* Norris, 1936 val subfamily: Megascelinae type species: Neorhaphiomidas hardyi Norris, 1936 by original designation # species: 7 Distribution: Australasia: Australia
*Nomoneura* Bezzi, 1924 val subfamily: Syllegomydinae tribe: Syllegomydini type species: Mydas fasciatus Wiedemann, 1828 sensu Bezzi, 1924 (misidentification = Nomoneura bezzii Hesse, 1975) by original designation # species: 6 Distribution: Afrotropical: Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe	*Nomoneuroides* Hesse, 1969 val subfamily: Syllegomydinae tribe: Syllegomydini type species: Nomoneuroides natalensis Hesse, 1969 by original designation # species: 4 Distribution: Afrotropical: Mozambique, South Africa
*Nothomydas* Hesse, 1969 val subfamily: Syllegomydinae tribe: Halterorchini type species: Nothomydas gariepinus Hesse, 1969 by original designation # species: 2 Distribution: Afrotropical: Namibia, South Africa	*Notobates - subgenus of Syllegomydas* Hesse, 1969 val subfamily: Syllegomydinae tribe: Syllegomydini type species: Syllegomydas rhodesiensis Bequaert, 1938 by original designation # species: 3 Distribution: Afrotropical: Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
*Notosyllegomydas* Hesse, 1969 val subfamily: Syllegomydinae tribe: Syllegomydini type species: Syllegomydas brincki Bequaert, 1959 by original designation # species: 1 Distribution: Afrotropical: Namibia	*Opomydas* Curran, 1934 val subfamily: Ectyphinae type species: Ectyphus limbatus Williston, 1886 by original designation # species: 2 Distribution: Nearctic: Mexico, United States
*Oreomydas* Hesse, 1969 val subfamily: Syllegomydinae tribe: Syllegomydini type species: Leptomydas luctuosus Bezzi, 1924 by original designation # species: 1 Distribution: Afrotropical: South Africa	*Paramydas* Carrera and Andretta, 1948 val subfamily: Apiophorinae type species: Mydas igniticornis Bigot, 1857 by original designation # species: 1 Distribution: Neotropical: Chile
*Parectyphus* Hesse, 1972 val subfamily: Ectyphinae type species: Parectyphus namibiensis Hesse, 1972 by original designation # species: 1 Distribution: Afrotropical: Namibia	*Perissocerus* Gerstaecker, 1868 val subfamily: Rhopaliinae type species: Perissocerus abyssinicus Gerstaecker, 1868 by monotypy # species: 7 Distribution: Afrotropical, Palaearctic: Ethiopia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Algeria, Kazakhstan, Libya, Morocco, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
*Phyllomydas* Bigot, 1880 val subfamily: Mydinae tribe: Phyllomydini type species: Phyllomydas phyllocerus Bigot, 1880 by monotypy # species: 8 Distribution: Nearctic, Neotropical: Mexico, United States	*Plyomydas* Wilcox and Papavero, 1971 val subfamily: Leptomydinae type species: Plyomydas peruviensis Wilcox and Papavero, 1971 by original designation # species: 1 Distribution: Neotropical: Peru
*Protomydas* Wilcox, Papavero and Pimentel 1989 val subfamily: Mydinae tribe: Mydini subtribe: Stratiomydina type species: Mydas coerulescens Olivier, 1811 by original designation # species: 3 Distribution: Neotropical: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Venezuela	*Pseudonomoneura* Bequaert, 1961 val subfamily: Leptomydinae type species: Leptomydas hirtus Coquillet, 1904 by original designation # species: 7 Distribution: Nearctic: Mexico, United States
*Pseudorhopalia* Wilcox and Papavero, 1971 val subfamily: Rhopaliinae type species: Rhopalia mirandai d'Andretta and Carrera, 1951 by original designation # species: 1 Distribution: Neotropical: Brazil	*Rhaphiomidas* Osten Sacken, 1877 val subfamily: Rhaphiomidinae type species: Rhaphiomidas episcopus Osten Sacken, 1877 by original designation # species: 22 Distribution: Nearctic: Mexico, United States
*Rhopalia* Macquart, 1838 val subfamily: Rhopaliinae type species: Rhopalia olivieri Macquart, 1838 by original designation # species: 12 Distribution: Neotropical, Palaearctic: Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates	*Rhopaliana* Seguy, 1934 val subfamily: Rhopaliinae type species: Rhopaliana rufithorax Seguy, 1934 by monotypy # species: 1 Distribution: Palaearctic: Tunisia
*Stratiomydas* Wilcox, Papavero and Pimentel 1989 val subfamily: Mydinae tribe: Mydini subtribe: Stratiomydina type species: Mydas rufiventris Macquart, 1850 by original designation # species: 7 Distribution: Nearctic, Neotropical: Mexico, United States, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru	*Syllegomydas* Becker, 1906 val subfamily: Syllegomydinae tribe: Syllegomydini type species: Mydas cinctus Macquart, 1835 by designation by Sack (1934: 23) # species: 21 Distribution: Afrotropical, Palaearctic: Chad, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Libya, Morocco, Spain, Tunisia
*Tongamya* Stuckenberg, 1966 val subfamily: Megascelinae type species: Tongamya miranda Stuckenberg, 1966 by original designation # species: 2 Distribution: Afrotropical: Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa	*Triclonus* Gerstaecker, 1868 syn syn genus: Diochlistus subfamily: Diochlistinae type species: Mydas auripennis Westwood, 1835 by designation by Hardy (1942: 201) # species: 0 Distribution: Australasia: Australia
*Utinga* Wilcox, Papavero and Pimentel 1989 val subfamily: Mydinae tribe: Mydini subtribe: Stratiomydina type species: Utinga francai Wilcox, Papavero and Pimentel, 1989 by monotypy # species: 1 Distribution: Neotropical: Brazil	*Vespiodes* Hesse, 1969 val subfamily: Syllegomydinae tribe: Mydaselpidini type species: Leptomydas conopeus Sack, 1935 by original designation # species: 9 Distribution: Afrotropical: DR Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Research cited on this website is supported in part by an NSF REVSYS grant for a project on Apioceridae, Asilidae, and Mydidae (DEB 0919333, 1 Aug. 2009–31 Jul. 2012). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed on this web-site are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Partial funding is also provided by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation funding of the Biodiversity Synthesis Group of the Encyclopedia of Life.