Mydidae Species Catalogue

Species catalogue of 473 valid Mydidae species (556 names including 6 subspecies, 58 synonyms, 5 homonyms, 3 nomina nuda, and 11 unavailable names). Last updated on 13 June 2012.

subfamily tribe subtribe genus species author and year original genus validity type country type locality Coordinates type collection distribution
Rhopaliinae - - Rhopalia olivieri Macquart, 1838 Rhopalia val Egypt d'Egypte 0° 0' 0" N, 0° 0' 0" E MNHN-H1?* (# 396) United Arab EmiratesEgypt
Rhopaliinae - - Rhopalia perarmata Seguy, 1941 Rhopalia val Algeria Mecheria 33° 31' 59.9988" N, 0° 16' 0.0012" W MNHN-H1M* Algeria
Rhopaliinae - - Rhopalia spinolae Macquart, 1838 Rhopalia val Egypt d'Egypte 0° 0' 0" N, 0° 0' 0" E (not in MNHN) Egypt
Rhopaliinae - - Rhopalia tristis Seguy, 1928 Rhopalia val Egypt Suez (= As Suways) (Suways) 29° 58' 0.0012" N, 32° 31' 59.9988" E MNHN-H1F* Egypt
Rhopaliinae - - Rhopalia tutankhameni (Brunetti, 1929) Rhopalia val Sudan Erkowit (Bahr al Ahmar) 18° 46' 12" N, 37° 6' 2.9988" E BMNH-H1F* Sudan
Rhopaliinae - - Rhopaliana rufithorax Seguy, 1934 Rhopaliana val Tunisia Maknassy (= Al Miknasi) (Sidi Bou Zid) 34° 37' 0.0012" N, 9° 34' 59.9988" E MNHN-H1F* Tunisia
Mydinae Mydini Stratiomydina Stratiomydas militarsis (Gerstaecker, 1868) Mydas syn (no type locality) 0° 0' 0" N, 0° 0' 0" E no type designated Mexico
Mydinae Mydini Stratiomydina Stratiomydas vittatus (Macquart, 1850) Mydas syn Mexico Mexico 0° 0' 0" N, 0° 0' 0" E MNHN-H1F* (# 1460) Mexico
Mydinae Mydini Stratiomydina Stratiomydas bitaeniatus (Bellardi, 1861) Mydas val Mexico Playa Vicente (Veracruz) 17° 49' 59.9988" N, 95° 49' 0.0012" W unknown Guatemala, Mexico
Mydinae Mydini Stratiomydina Stratiomydas colimas Wilcox, Papavero & Pimentel, 1989 Stratiomydas val Mexico Manzanillo (14.5 km N) (Colima) 19° 10' 59.9988" N, 104° 19' 0.0012" W CAS-H1M* (# 19715) MexicoMexico
Mydinae Mydini Stratiomydina Stratiomydas lividus (Curran, 1953) Mydas val United States Sabino Basin (Santa Catalina Mountains) (Arizona) 32° 22' 59.9988" N, 110° 47' 60" W AMNH-H1M* Mexico, United States
Mydinae Mydini Stratiomydina Stratiomydas nayaritae Wilcox, Papavero & Pimentel, 1989 Stratiomydas val Mexico Ahuacatlan (Nayarit) 21° 3' 0" N, 104° 28' 0.0012" W CAS-H1M* (# 16716) Mexico
Mydinae Mydini Stratiomydina Stratiomydas quadrilineatus (Williston, 1898) Mydas val Mexico Mexico 0° 0' 0" N, 0° 0' 0" E ?BMNH-S1M* MexicoGuatemala, Mexico
Mydinae Mydini Stratiomydina Stratiomydas rufiventris (Macquart, 1850) Mydas val Brazil Bresil 0° 0' 0" N, 0° 0' 0" E MNHN-H1M* (# 1459) MexicoCosta Rica, Guatemala, Mexico
Mydinae Mydini Stratiomydina Stratiomydas wygodzinskyi Wilcox, Papavero & Pimentel, 1989 Stratiomydas val Peru Iquitos (Loreto) 3° 45' 0" S, 73° 15' 0" W (not in AMNH) Peru
Syllegomydinae Syllegomydini - Syllegomydas vittata Macquart, 1949 Rhopalia hom Algeria 0° 0' 0" N, 0° 0' 0" E MNHN-H1M* (# 49)
Syllegomydinae Syllegomydini - Syllegomydas algiricus var. tripolitanus Bequaert, 1961 Syllegomydas unavailable Libya Taguira (= Tajura) (Tarabulus) 32° 52' 0.0012" N, 13° 20' 60" E BMNH-H1M* Libya
Syllegomydinae Syllegomydini - Syllegomydas algiricus (Gerstaecker, 1868) Rhopalia val (no type locality) 0° 0' 0" N, 0° 0' 0" E no type designated Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Spain, Tunisia
Syllegomydinae Syllegomydini - Syllegomydas astrictus Dikow, 2010 Syllegomydas val Kenya Nguruman near Sampu River (Eastern) 1° 54' 3.9996" S, 36° 2' 53.0016" E NMKE-H1M* Kenya
Syllegomydinae Syllegomydini - Syllegomydas berlandi Seguy, 1941 Syllegomydas val Morocco Agadir (Agadir) 30° 22' 59.9988" N, 9° 34' 59.9988" W MNHN-H1M* Morocco
Syllegomydinae Syllegomydini - Syllegomydas bezzii Arias, 1914a Syllegomydas val Tunisia Djerba (Medenine) 33° 47' 60" N, 10° 54' 0" E MNCN-H1M* (# 10613) Egypt, Tunisia
Syllegomydinae Syllegomydini - Syllegomydas botta (Macquart, 1850) Mydas val Saudi Arabia De Djidda pres Moka (= Djidda near Moka) 0° 0' 0" N, 0° 0' 0" E MNHN-?1F* (# 395) Saudi Arabia (not Afghanistan)
Syllegomydinae Syllegomydini - Syllegomydas brachiatus Seguy, 1941 Syllegomydas val Algeria Mecheria 33° 31' 59.9988" N, 0° 16' 0.0012" W MNHN-H1F* Algeria
Syllegomydinae Syllegomydini - Syllegomydas bueni Arias, 1914a Syllegomydas val Spain Melilla 35° 19' 0.0012" N, 2° 57' 0" W MNCN-H1M* (# 10619) Libya, Spain
Syllegomydinae Syllegomydini - Syllegomydas bueni spp. bivittatus Bezzi, 1926 Syllegomydas val Libya Bardia (Tubruq) 31° 46' 0.0012" N, 25° 6' 0" E unknown Libya
Syllegomydinae Syllegomydini - Syllegomydas cinctus (Macquart, 1835) Mydas val Algeria Oran (= Algeria) 0° 0' 0" N, 0° 0' 0" E (not in MNN) Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia
Syllegomydinae Syllegomydini - Syllegomydas claripennis Becker, 1906 Syllegomydas val Tunisia Djerba (Medenine) 33° 47' 60" N, 10° 54' 0" E ZMHB-H1M* Egypt, Tunisia
Syllegomydinae Syllegomydini - Syllegomydas dallonii Seguy, 1936 Syllegomydas val Tunisia Bou-Hedma (Gafsa) 34° 28' 0.0012" N, 9° 34' 59.9988" E MNHN-H1M* ChadTunisia
Syllegomydinae Syllegomydini - Syllegomydas efflatouni Bezzi, 1924 Syllegomydas val Egypt Barrage (= Al Qanatir al Khayriyah) (Qalyubiyah) 30° 10' 59.9988" N, 31° 7' 59.9988" E Cairo (coll. Efflatoun) Egypt, Libya
Syllegomydinae Syllegomydini - Syllegomydas elachys Dikow, 2010 Syllegomydas val Zimbabwe Rukommetje Research Station (Mashonaland West) 16° 6' 0" S, 29° 15' 0" E ZSMC-H1M* Zimbabwe
Syllegomydinae Syllegomydini - Syllegomydas gestroi Seguy, 1932 Syllegomydas val Libya Gialo (= Jalu) (Jalu) 29° 1' 59.9988" N, 21° 33' 0" E MNSG Libya
Syllegomydinae Syllegomydini - Syllegomydas guichardi Bequaert, 1961 Syllegomydas val Libya Tmimi (Darnah) 32° 19' 59.9988" N, 23° 4' 0.0012" E BMNH-H1M* Libya
Syllegomydinae Syllegomydini - Syllegomydas maroccanus Seguy, 1928 Syllegomydas val Morocco Oued Korifla (stream) 33° 53' 60" N, 6° 43' 59.9988" W MNHN-H1M* Morocco
Syllegomydinae Syllegomydini - Syllegomydas merceti Arias, 1914b Syllegomydas val Morocco Mogador (= Essaouira) (Essaouira) 31° 30' 47.0016" N, 9° 46' 10.9992" W MNHN-H1M* Egypt, Morocco
Syllegomydinae Syllegomydini - Syllegomydas palestinensis Bequaert, 1961 Syllegomydas val Israel Ramat Gat (= Ramat Gan) (Tel Aviv) 32° 4' 0.0012" N, 34° 47' 60" E ISNB-H1M* Israel
Syllegomydinae Syllegomydini - Syllegomydas proximus Seguy, 1928 Syllegomydas val Niger Dungass (= Dengas) (Zinder) 13° 4' 5.0016" N, 9° 20' 22.9992" E MNHN-H1M* Niger, Mali, Mauritania
Syllegomydinae Syllegomydini - Syllegomydas spinipes Bezzi, 1924 Syllegomydas val Egypt Sulloum (Matruh) 31° 34' 0.0012" N, 25° 8' 60" E Cairo Egypt
Syllegomydinae Syllegomydini - Syllegomydas vittatus (Wiedemann, 1828) Midas val Nubien 0° 0' 0" N, 0° 0' 0" E SMFD-H1M* (# 166) Ethiopia, SudanEgypt
Syllegomydinae Syllegomydini - Syllegomydas (Notobates) arnoldi (Bequaert, 1938) Syllegomydas val Zimbabwe Mulungwane Mountains 20° 21' 0" S, 29° 3' 0" E ?NMBZ Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Syllegomydinae Syllegomydini - Syllegomydas (Notobates) dispar (Loew, 1852) Midas val Mozambique Inhambane (Inhambane) 23° 51' 0" S, 35° 28' 59.9988" E ZMHB-L1M* Mozambique
Syllegomydinae Syllegomydas (Notobates) heothinos Dikow, 2010 Syllegomydas (Notobates) val Kenya Athi River (Eastern) 2° 38' 30.9984" S, 38° 21' 59.0004" E NMKE-H1M* Kenya, Uganda
Syllegomydinae Syllegomydini - Syllegomydas (Notobates) lamborni Bequaert, 1951 Syllegomydas val Malawi Lingadzi (= Lungadzi) 11° 1' 0.0012" S, 34° 8' 60" E BMNH-H1M* Malawi
Syllegomydinae Syllegomydini - Syllegomydas (Notobates) rhodesiensis (Bequaert, 1938) Syllegomydas val Zimbabwe Helenvale 18° 22' 0.0012" S, 31° 52' 0.0012" E ?NMBZ Zimbabwe
Megascelinae - - Tongamya miranda Stuckenberg, 1966 Tongamya val South Africa Ndumu Game Reserve (KwaZulu-Natal) 26° 52' 0.0012" S, 32° 15' 0" E NMSA-H1M* (#1093) Mozambique, South Africa
Megascelinae - - Tongamya stuckenbergi Irwin & Wiegmann, 2001 Tongamya val Namibia Otjisume Farm (2 km S) 21° 18' 42.0012" S, 19° 19' 19.9992" E NMNW-H1M* Angola, Namibia
Mydinae Mydini Mydina Utinga francai Wilcox, Papavero & Pimentel, 1989 Utinga val Brazil Utinga (Para) 1° 26' 60" S, 48° 30' 0" W unknown Brazil
Syllegomydinae Mydaselpidini - Vespiodes cerioidiformis Hesse, 1969 Vespiodes val South Africa Salt Pan in Pretoria district (Gauteng) 0° 0' 0" N, 0° 0' 0" E NMSA-H1M* (# 418) South Africa, Zimbabwe
Syllegomydinae Mydaselpidini - Vespiodes conopeus (Sack, 1935) Leptomydas val South Africa Louis Trichardt (64 km W) (Limpopo) 23° 3' 0" S, 29° 19' 0.0012" E NMSA-H1M* (# 419) South Africa
Syllegomydinae Mydaselpidini - Vespiodes goldingi (Bequaert, 1951) Mydaselpis val Nigeria Nigeria (shore) 4° 52' 59.9988" N, 5° 31' 59.9988" E BMNH-H1M* Nigeria
Syllegomydinae Mydaselpidini - Vespiodes katangensis (Bequaert, 1940) Mydaselpis val DR Congo Elisabethville (= Lubumbashi) 11° 40' 0.0012" S, 27° 28' 0.0012" E MRAC-H1F* DR Congo
Syllegomydinae Mydaselpidini - Vespiodes leopolditertii (Bequaert, 1940) Mydaselpis val DR Congo Eala 0° 4' 0.0012" N, 18° 16' 59.9988" E ISNB-H1M* (# 10482) DR Congo
Syllegomydinae Mydaselpidini - Vespiodes nyasae Hesse, 1969 Vespiodes val Malawi Salima Bay (Lake Nyasa) 13° 46' 59.9988" S, 34° 25' 59.9988" E NMBZ Malawi
Syllegomydinae Mydaselpidini - Vespiodes pattersoni (Bequaert, 1951) Mydaselpis val Ghana Abudi 6° 12' 0" N, 0° 3' 0" E BMNH-H1F* Ghana
Syllegomydinae Mydaselpidini - Vespiodes phaios Dikow, 2010 Vespiodes val Kenya Muhaka Forest (Coast) 4° 19' 28.9992" S, 39° 31' 27.0012" E NMKE-H1M* Kenya
Syllegomydinae Mydaselpidini - Vespiodes rhodesiensis (Bequaert, 1951) Mydaselpis val Zambia Chilenga (North-West) 13° 31' 0.0012" S, 23° 4' 59.9988" E BMNH-H1F* Zambia
Syllegomydinae Mydaselpidini - Vespiodes ruficeps Hesse, 1969 Vespiodes val Zimbabwe Matetsi 18° 3' 0" S, 26° 36' 0" E NMBZ Zimbabwe