Mydas fly

English

Gauromydas heros

Alternative forms

• Midas fly

Noun

Mydas fly (plural Mydas flies)

1. Any fly of the family Mydidae, generally large in size.
   • 1881, Half Hours with Insects‎^[1]:

     Descending the scale of hymenopterous life we come to the Pompilus (Fig. 61), which is mimicked by the large black Mydas fly, whose antennae are unusually long and hymenopterous-like.

Synonyms

• mydaid, mydid

Further reading

• “Mydas fly”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Mydas fly on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mydinae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies