Machimus Explained

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] Species include:[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. 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. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=133696 Machimus.
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20160326045929/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=59654 Machimus.

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