Robber flies (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae) of Wyoming, USA with keys to genera and species
Author
Lavigne, Robert J.
Author
Dennis, Steve
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-08-30
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Proctacanthus micans
Schiner
Proctacanthus micans
Schiner, 1867: 397
.
Recognition characters:
Grayish brown species; length
26–36 mm
; mystax pale yellow; thorax brown in ground color, grayish brown pollinose; scutellar setae white, bristles black; wings nearly hyaline with the veins margined brown; abdomen dark grayish brown pollinose; legs brown, darker apically.
Distribution:
PLATTE: Camp
Guernsey
, WANG, 2001b (
CSU
,
GMAD
); Grey Rocks Ranch, Camp
Guernsey
, WANG,
25 June–5 Sept. 2008
(
CSU
,
GMAD
); Wheatland,
28 July 1974
(SD). Recorded from Wyoming by:
Dennis & Lavigne (1976b)
(pupal case);
Dennis
et al.
(2008)
(pupal case);
Fisher & Wilcox (1997)
;
Geller-Grimm (2018)
.
Habitat:
Sagebrush steppe shrub and grassland, and grama-needlegrass-wheatgrass grassland vegetation
types
. Rangeland similar to
Proctacanthus milbertii
.
Ethology:
Rests on and forages from soil and vegetation.
Prey:
None known.