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family:

Mydidae

family group taxon:

Mydaselpidini

author and year:

Hesse 1969

type genus:

Mydaselpis

author type genus:

Bezzi, 1924

subfamily:

Syllegomydinae

region:

Afrotropical

notes family group taxon:

The spelling is corrected for Hesse's original use of the name Mydaselpini (Sabrosky 1999: 206, stem Mydaselpid-).

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