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Machimus

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Machimus
Machimus arthriticus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
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 chrysitis
Machimus lacinulatus with prey
Machimus notatus
Machimus rusticus

Species include:[3][4]

References

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  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.
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