Syllegomydas Becker, 1906

Dikow, Torsten, 2010, New species and new records of Mydidae from the Afrotropical and Oriental regions (Insecta, Diptera, Asiloidea), ZooKeys 64, pp. 33-75 : 46

Syllegomydas Becker, 1906

General.

The genus Syllegomydas comprises 24 valid species distributed primarily in northern Africa, with a few species in sub-Saharan Africa (Chad, Mali, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Zimbabwe), as well as Afghanistan, Israel, and Spain (e.g., Arias 1914a, b, Bezzi 1924, Séguy 1941, Bequaert 1951, 1961, Hesse 1969, Bowden 1980, Carles-Tolrá 2006, see placement of Syllegomydas bucciferus Séguy, 1928 from India in the Discussion). The subgenus Syllegomydas (Notobates) Hesse, 1969 has been described for 2 species from southern Africa (Mozambique and Zimbabwe).