''Machimus arthriticus'' is a
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Si ...
species of robber fly in the family
Asilidae
The Asilidae are the robber fly family, also called assassin flies. They are powerfully built, bristly flies with a short, stout proboscis enclosing the sharp, sucking hypopharynx. The name "robber flies" reflects their notoriously aggressive ...
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[Verrall, G. H., 1909 Stratiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain'' British flies'' Volume 5 London : Gurney and Jackson, 190]
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Asilidae
Insects described in 1840
Diptera of Europe
Taxa named by Philipp Christoph Zeller