Occurrence data of Namibimydas and Nothomydas (Diptera: Asiloidea: Mydidae)
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Occurrence data of two Mydidae genera from Namibia and South Africa - Namibimydas Hesse, 1972 and Nothomydas Hesse, 1969 - based on a new taxonomic revision published in African Invertebrates in 2012.

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Dikow, T. 2012. Review of Namibimydas Hesse, 1972 and Nothomydas Hesse, 1969 (Diptera: Mydidae: Syllegomydinae: Halterorchini) with the description of new species. African Invertebrates 53(1): 79-111.

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Keywords

Mydidae; Syllegomydinae; Afrotropical; Occurrence; Specimen

Contacts

Who created the resource:

Torsten Dikow
Research Entomologist
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW
20004 Washington
DC
US
+1 202 633 1005
http://asiloidflies.si.edu

Who can answer questions about the resource:

Torsten Dikow
Research Entomologist
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW
20004 Washington
DC
US
+1 202 633 1005
http://asiloidflies.si.edu

Who filled in the metadata:

Torsten Dikow
Research Entomologist
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW
20004 Washington
DC
US
+1 202 633 1005
http://asiloidflies.si.edu

Who else was associated with the resource:

Principal Investigator
Torsten Dikow
Research Entomologist
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW
20004 Washington
DC
US
+1 202 633 1005
http://asiloidflies.si.edu
Geographic Coverage

western Namibia and western South Africa

Bounding Coordinates South West [-37.33, 7.23], North East [-12.35, 38.13]
Taxonomic Coverage

Insecta: Diptera: Mydidae: Syllegomydinae: Namibimydas, Nothomydas

Species  Namibimydas gaerdesi,  Namibimydas prinsi,  Namibimydas psamminos,  Namibimydas stuckenbergi,  Nothomydas aquilonius,  Nothomydas gariepinus,  Nothomydas namaquensis,  Nothomydas picketti
Temporal Coverage
Start Date / End Date 1939-01-19 / 2012-02-10
Project Data

No Description available

Title Phylogeny, revisionary taxonomy & the fossil record of asiloid flies (Diptera: Apioceridae, Asilidae, Mydidae)
Funding U.S. National Science Foundation (DEB 0919333)
Study Area Description world-wide
Design Description Taxonomic and phylogenetic research on Apioceridae, Asilidae, and Mydidae flies.

The personnel involved in the project:

Principal Investigator
Torsten Dikow
Collection Data
Collection Name several
Collection Identifier several
Parent Collection Identifier several
Specimen preservation methods Pinned
Bibliographic Citations
  1. Dikow, T. 2012. Review of Namibimydas Hesse, 1972 and Nothomydas Hesse, 1969 (Diptera: Mydidae: Syllegomydinae: Halterorchini) with the description of new species. African Invertebrates 53(1): 79-111. doi:10.5733/afin.053.0105 10.5733/afin.053.0105
Additional Metadata
Purpose The occurrence data are made available as a unique data-set in order to facilitate the test of the species and distributional hypotheses postulated in this taxonomic revision/review.
Alternative Identifiers e605458e-0106-414b-87d1-69669726db09
http://ipt.pensoft.net/resource?r=dikow2012_namibimydas_nothomydas