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Mydas

Mydas is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae.

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Mydas
Mydas clavatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Mydidae
Subfamily: Mydinae
Tribe: Mydini
Genus: Mydas
Fabricius, 17941
Type species
Musca clavata
Drury, 17732
Synonyms

Mydas is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae.56

Mydas ventralis source ↗

Species

References

References

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