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Asilinae
Asilus
Dicropaltum
Machimus *
Negasilus
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Neomochtherus
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Polacantha
Prolatiforceps
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Tolmerus *
Wyliea

Machimus Loew, 1849 & Tolmerus Loew, 1849
[Asilinae]

Neotropical Nearctic Palaearctic Afrotropical Oriental Australian & Oceania
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Description: Machimus: Loew, H. (1849): Ueber die europäischen Raubfliegen (Diptera, Asilica). - Linnaea entomologica 4: 1-155 [310]; Szczecin (= Stettin) - Berlin.
Tolmerus: Loew, H. (1849): Ueber die europäischen Raubfliegen (Diptera, Asilica). - Linnaea entomologica 4: 1-155 [94]; Szczecin (= Stettin) - Berlin.
Type species: Machimus: Asilus chrysitis Meigen, 1820: 310
Tolmerus: Asilus pyragra Zeller, 1840: 60
Literature: Hine, J.S. (1909): Robber flies of the genus Asilus. - Annals of the Entomological Society of America 2(2): 136-170; Columbus [key]. Schaefer, K.F. (1968): The Asilinae (Diptera, Asilidae) of Oklahoma. - Proceedings of the Oklahoma Acadademy of Science 47: 114-124; Norman [key]. Bullington, S.W. & Beck, A.F. (1991): A new species of Machimus Loew (Diptera: Asilidae) from burrows of Gopherus polyphemus (Testudines: Testudinidae). - Annals of the Entomological Society of America 84: 590-595; Columbus [key]. Martin, C.H. (1975): The generic and specific characters of four old and six new Asilini genera in the Western United States, Mexico and Central America (Diptera: Asilidae). - Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 119: 1-107; San Francisco.

Nearctic species:

  1. Machimus adustus Martin, 1975
  2. Machimus antimachus (Walker, 1849)
  3. Machimus autumnalis (Banks, 1914)
  4. Machimus callidus (Williston, 1893)
  5. Machimus coleus Martin, 1975
  6. Machimus delusus (Tucker, 1907)
  7. Machimus erythocnemius (Hine, 1909)
  8. Machimus floridensis (Bromley, 1940)
  9. Machimus formosus (Hine, 1918)
  10. Machimus gilvipes Hine, 1918
  11. Machimus grantae Martin, 1975
  12. Machimus griseus Hine, 1906
  13. Machimus johnsoni (Hine, 1909)
  14. Machimus latipex Martin, 1975
  15. Machimus latipex alticolus Martin, 1975
  16. Machimus latipex convexus Martin, 1975
  17. Machimus longipenis Martin, 1975
  18. Machimus notialis Martin, 1975
  19. Machimus novaescotiae (Macquart, 1847)
  20. Machimus occidentalis (Hine, 1909) [remark: preocc. Asilus occidentalis Philippi, 1865]
  21. Machimus paropus (Walker, 1849)
  22. Machimus polyphemi Bullington & Beck, 1991
  23. Machimus sadyates (Walker, 1849)
  24. Machimus sestertius Martin, 1975
  25. Machimus sestertius davidsonae Martin, 1975
  26. Machimus sestertius triton Martin, 1975
  27. Machimus snowii (Hine, 1909)
  28. Machimus stanfordae Martin, 1975
  29. Machimus tenebrosus (Williston, 1901)
  30. Machimus virginicus (Banks in McAtee & Banks, 1920)
  31. Tolmerus alamosae Martin, 1975
  32. Tolmerus maneei (Hine, 1909)
  33. Tolmerus notatus (Wiedemann, 1828)
  34. Tolmerus pawaneeae Martin, 1975
  35. Tolmerus prairiensis Tucker, 1907

Machimus occidentalis (Hine, 1909)

- male -

dorsal view   lateral view
head lateral   head frontal
frons   antenna
style   scutum lateral
wing   abdomen lateral
abdomen lateral   abdomen lateral
hypopygium lateral   hypopygium dorsal
hypopygium dorsal

- female -

dorsal view   lateral view
abdomen lateral   ovipositor lateral
ovipositor lateral   ovipositor dorsal

 

 

 

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