Machimus paropus (Walker)

Asilus paropus Walker, 1849: 455 .

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.