BioImages (UK)
BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)
BILATERIA
(bilaterally symmetrical animals)
PROTOSTOMIA
(protostomes)
ECDYSOZOA
(skin shedders)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
PTERYGOTA
(winged insects)
Neoptera
(an infraclass of insects)
Endopterygota
(insects with wings developing internally)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
BRACHYCERA
(short-horned flies)
ASILIDAE
(robber flies, assassin flies)
Machimus
(a genus of robber flies)
Machimus
is also a member of:
Invertebrates
(via Arthropoda)

BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Machimus (a genus of robber flies)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #macrophotos
Species Machimus atricapillus (Fallén, 1814) (Kite-tailed Robberfly) 19 32
Species Machimus cingulatus (Fabricius, 1781) (Brown Heath Robberfly) 5 3

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Smart, M.J., 2005 Identification of the females of the smaller British species of Machimus sensu lato (Diptera, Asilidae) with a note on the morphology of the ventral abdominal and thoracic plates

Machimus may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 ANIMALIA
(animals)		 ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)		 BRACHYCERA
(short-horned flies)		 ASILIDAE
(robber flies, assassin flies)

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