Megascelus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Asilomorpha
Superfamilia: Asiloidea

Familia: Mydidae
Subfamilia: Megascelinae
Genus: Megascelus
Species: M. albovillosus – M. melanoproctus – M. nigricornis – M. nigrovillosus – M. palmicola
Name

Megascelus Philippi, 1865: 683

Type species: Megascelus nigricornis Philippi, 1865 (monotypy)
References

Philippi, R.A. 1865: Aufzahlung der chilenischen Dipteren. Abh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien, 15: 595–782, 7 pls.
Papavero, N. & Wilcox, J. 1974: Studies of Mydidae (Diptera) systematics and evolution. I. A preliminary classification in subfamilies with the description of two new genera from the Oriental and Australian regions. Arquivos de Zoologia, São Paulo, 25:1–60.
Bequaert, M. 1961a: Contribution a la connaissance morphologique et a la classification des Mydaidae (Diptera). Bulletin Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 37: 1–18.