Machimus cowini Hobby, 1946
(Irish Robberfly)

Machimus cowini (Irish Robberfly) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Machimus cowini (Irish Robberfly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMachimus cowini (Irish Robberfly)
GenusMachimus (a genus of robber flies)
FamilyASILIDAE (robber flies, assassin flies)
SuperfamilyASILOIDEA (robber & assassin flies, bee flies, stiletto flies & window flies)
InfraorderAsilomorpha (robber, bee, stiletto, window, dagger, long-legged & spider-parasite flies)
SuborderBRACHYCERA (short-horned flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Machimus cowini (Irish Robberfly)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
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 Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) Vol 12: 61-68.

Machimus cowini (Irish Robberfly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Machimus cowini (Irish Robberfly):

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