| Mydas flies Temporal range:
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| Gauromydas heros | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Superfamily: | Asiloidea |
| Family: | Mydidae Latreille, 1809 |
| Subfamilies | |
The Mydidae (sometimes misspelled as "Mydaidae"), or Mydas flies, are a cosmopolitan family of flies. It is a small family, with about 471 species described.[1] They are generally large in size, including the largest known fly, Gauromydas heros (syn. Mydas heros). Many of the species, in addition to their large size, are mimics of stinging hymenopterans, especially wasps. Most mydids are found in arid and semiarid regions of the world,[1] but they are also found in other habitats.
- ^ a b Lyons, Kathleen; Dikow, Torsten (29 December 2010). "Taxonomic revision of Ectyphus Gerstaecker, 1868 and Parectyphus Hesse, 1972 with a key to world Ectyphinae (Insecta, Diptera, Mydidae)". ZooKeys (73): 25–59. doi:10.3897/zookeys.73.840. PMC 3088457. PMID 21594051.