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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Asilinae » Machimus » Machimus callidus
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Robber Fly - Machimus callidus - female
Copyright © 2011 Jim Moore

Robber Fly - Machimus callidus - Female
Near Westwood, elevation 5100', Lassen County, California, USA
August 13, 2008
Size: Body length 19mm

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Robber Fly - Machimus callidus - female Robber Fly - Machimus callidus - female
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Contributed by Jim Moore on 11 May, 2011 - 11:40am
Last updated 28 May, 2011 - 6:59am

Moved
Moved from Asilinae.
… Beatriz Moisset, 28 May, 2011 - 6:59am login or register to post comments

Since comparing this fly to a
Since comparing this fly to a male (#521116) caught at the same locality, I now believe this is a Machimus callidus female.
… Eric Fisher, 27 May, 2011 - 5:01pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… Jim Moore, 19 May, 2011 - 11:25am login or register to post comments

Sorry Jim; I need more specim
Sorry Jim; I need more specimens (especially a male) to make an ID. This female is pretty beat-up (I think the abdomen has lost lots of setae); best I can do is Machimus or Neomochtherus sp. (Definitely not M. occidentalis!)
… Eric Fisher, 12 May, 2011 - 12:19am login or register to post comments

 
Thank You Eric!
With parts of two legs also missing, this fly must of had a rough encounter with another critter. I will see if I can find a pair this summer.
… Jim Moore, 12 May, 2011 - 12:37am login or register to post comments

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