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Smart, M.J., 2005

Identification of the females of the smaller Britsh species of Machimus sensu lato (Diptera, Asilidae) with a note on the morphology of the ventral abdominal and thoracic plates

Discusses the characters used in Stubbs & Drake (2001) and presents a new illustrated key to the females of the smaller species.

Journal Dipterists Digest (Second Series)
Volume Vol. 12 No. 1
Page range 61-68
Illustrations Colour photographs.
Identify Under a Stereo Microscope.

Malcolm Storey

Taxonomic Scope

Machimus (a genus of robber flies) Identification Current

Related Publications

original key to Machimus Stubbs, A.E. & Drake, M., 2001

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