Mydidae genera catalogue

List of 66 valid genera, 2 subgenera, and 6 invalid genera of Mydidae. Last updated 26 October 2010

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*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	*Afroleptomydas (Crossoprosopus)* Hesse, 1969 val subfamily: Syllegomydinae tribe: Syllegomydini type species: Afroleptomydas mauricei Bequaert, 1963 by original designation # species: 23 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
*Arenomydas* Hesse, 1969 val subfamily: Syllegomydinae tribe: Syllegomydini type species: Mydas callosus Wiedemann, 1828 by original designation # species: 9 Distribution: Afrotropical: South Africa	*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	*Eremohaplomydas* Bequaert, 1959 val subfamily: Syllegomydinae tribe: Syllegomydini type species: Eremohaplomydas desertorum Bequaert, 1959 by original designation # species: 1 Distribution: Afrotropical: Namibia
*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
*Heleomydas* Seguy, 1929 syn syn genus: Haplomydas subfamily: Syllegomydinae type species: Heleomydas lesnei Seguy, 1929 by monotypy # species: 0 Distribution: Afrotropical: Mozambique	*Heteroleptomydas* Bequaert, 1963 val subfamily: Syllegomydinae tribe: Syllegomydini type species: Heteroleptomydas conopsoides Bequaert, 1963 by original designation # species: 1 Distribution: Afrotropical: South Africa
*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
*Mahafalymydas* Kondratieff, Carr & Irwin, 2005 val subfamily: Syllegomydinae type species: Mahafalymydas wiegmanni Kondratieff, Carr & Irwin, 2005 by original designation # species: 2 Distribution: Afrotropical: Madagascar	*Mimadelphus* Hesse, 1972 val subfamily: Syllegomydinae tribe: Halterorchini type species: Mimadelphus vellosus Hesse, 1972 by original designation # species: 1 Distribution: Afrotropical: Namibia
*Mydaselpis* Bezzi, 1924 val subfamily: Syllegomydinae tribe: Mydaselpidini type species: Mydaselpis peringueyi Bezzi, 1924 by original designation # species: 6 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:	*Namibimydas* Hesse, 1972 val subfamily: Syllegomydinae tribe: Halterorchini type species: Namibimydas gaerdesi Hesse, 1972 by original designation # species: 2 Distribution: Afrotropical: Namibia, South Africa
*Neolaparopsis* Hesse, 1969 val subfamily: Syllegomydinae tribe: Syllegomydini type species: Neolaparopsis puncturatus Hesse, 1969 by original designation # species: 1 Distribution: Afrotropical: South Africa	*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: 3 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
*Notosyllegomydas* Hesse, 1969 val subfamily: Syllegomydinae tribe: Syllegomydini type species: Syllegomydas brincki Bequaert, 1959 by original designation # species: 1 Distribution: Afrotropical: Namibia	*Oreomydas* Hesse, 1969 val subfamily: Syllegomydinae tribe: Syllegomydini type species: Leptomydas luctuosus Bezzi, 1924 by original designation # species: 1 Distribution: Afrotropical: South Africa
*Syllegomydas* Becker, 1906 val subfamily: Syllegomydinae tribe: Syllegomydini type species: Mydas cinctus Macquart, 1835 by designation by Sack (1934: 23) # species: 26 Distribution: Afrotropical, Palaearctic: Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Sudan, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Libya, Morocco, Spain, Tunisia	*Syllegomydas (Notobates)* Hesse, 1969 val subfamily: Syllegomydinae tribe: Syllegomydini type species: Syllegomydas rhodesiensis Bequaert, 1938 by original designation # species: 5 Distribution: Afrotropical: Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda, Zimbabwe
*Vespiodes* Hesse, 1969 val subfamily: Syllegomydinae tribe: Mydaselpidini type species: Leptomydas conopeus Sack, 1935 by original designation # species: 10 Distribution: Afrotropical: DR Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

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