Machimus paropus (Walker)

Lavigne, Robert J. & Dennis, Steve, 2019, Robber flies (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae) of Wyoming, USA with keys to genera and species, Zootaxa 4662 (1), pp. 1-126 : 48

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4662.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:366A1E81-946C-4ED4-8A65-C51151FE87CC
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5583732
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7708F17A-B80D-E533-63F1-FD1D62CAFBEE
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Machimus paropus (Walker)
status

Treatment

Machimus paropus (Walker) View in CoL

Asilus paropus Walker, 1849: 455 View in CoL .

Recognition characters: Brownish species; length 13–17 mm; mystax mostly white with a few black bristles above; thorax yellowish brown pollinose; scutellar bristles 2, black; wings with reddish aspect; abdomen yellowish brown pollinose; legs, femora except for a preapical band, middle and apex of tibiae and narrow apex of metatarsi black, rest of legs yellowish brown.

Distribution: ALBANY: Bamforth Lake, 23 June 1934 ( ECB-UMI). NIOBRARA: Lusk, 26 Aug. 1895 (?- FDA). PLATTE: Gray Rocks Ranch, Camp Guernsey, 25 June–5 Aug. 2008 ( CSU, GMAD). UINTA: Fort Bridger, 23 July 1949 ( GFK-USU). Recorded from Wyoming by: Adisoemarto (1967) (as Asilus paropus ); Cole (1969) (as Asilus paropus ); Geller-Grimm (2018); Hine (1909); Martin & Wilcox (1965) (as Tolmerus paropus ).

Habitat: Sagebrush steppe and wheatgrass-needlegrass shrub steppe shrub and grassland, and grama-needlegrass-wheatgrass grassland vegetation types.

Ethology: Nothing known.

Prey: None known.