Machimus

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Machimus
Machimus arthriticus.jpg
Machimus arthriticus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Asilidae
Subfamily: Asilinae
Genus: Machimus
Loew 1849
Species

Many, see text

Machimus is a genus of flies in the family Asilidae, the robber flies and assassin flies. They can be found nearly worldwide, except in Australia and New Zealand. [1] Most are native to the Palearctic realm and southern Asia. [2]

As of 2013 there were approximately 188 described species in the genus. [1]

Machimus sp. with prey Machimus sp.jpg
Machimus sp. with prey
Machimus chrysitis Asilidae fg11.jpg
Machimus chrysitis
Machimus lacinulatus with prey Asilidae fg15.jpg
Machimus lacinulatus with prey
Machimus notatus Machimus notatus.jpg
Machimus notatus
Machimus rusticus Machimus.rusticus.-.lindsey.jpg
Machimus rusticus

Species include: [3] [4]

References

  1. 1 2 Dennis, D. S., & Barnes, J. K. (2012). Pupal cases of three nearctic species of Machimus (Diptera: Asilidae). Zootaxa, 3683, 561-70.
  2. Tomasovic, G., & Saghaei, N. (2009). Contribution to the knowledge of the Asilidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from Fars province (Iran). Entomologie faunistique 62(2) 45-56.
  3. Machimus. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  4. Machimus. Fauna Europaea.